Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 3.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Arnioceras semicostatum - Echinoceras raricostatum ammonoid zone, Charmouth Mudstone Formation, Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• The Lower Lias section at Charmouth is Sinemurian according to Benton & Spencer (1995) - including the Shales with Beef Member (Arnioceras semicostatum Zone) and Black Ven Marls Member (Echioceras raricostatum Zone) of the Charmouth Mudstone Formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E. C. H. Day, Esq. F.G.S in 1863; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: R. Owen. 1865. Part I. Sauropterygia. Monographs on the fossil Reptilia of the Liassic formations 17(75):1-40 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118472: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 14.10.2011, edited by Jonathan Tennant

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