Also known as Coniasaurus gracilodens type locality
Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 0.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 1.9° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Lower Chalk Formation (Chalk Group), Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• Also known as Abbotts Cliff Chalk Formation (North Downs nomenclature) and Zig Zag Chalk Formation (South Downs nomenclature)
Environment/lithology: basinal (); chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: salvage
• Purchased in 1873
Primary reference: M. W. Caldwell. 1999. Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of Coniasaurus Owen, 1850 (Squamata). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):438-455 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118335: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 12.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Coniasaurus gracilodens n. sp.
Coniasaurus gracilodens n. sp. Caldwell 1999 squamates BMNH R44141 - type (complete frontal, fragmentary parietal (?), squamosal (?), right maxilla, right septomaxilla, fragmentary left maxilla, vomeropalatines, fragmentary pterygoids, four articulated dorsal vertebrae, fragmentary ribs and a complete scapulocoracoid)
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