Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 3.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Echinoceras raricostatum ammonoid zone, Black Ven Marl Member (Charmouth Mudstone Formation), Late/Upper Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1822
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: W. D. Conybeare. 1824. On the discovery of an almost perfect skeleton of the Plesiosaurus. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 2 1:381-389 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118478: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 14.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus n. gen. n. sp.
Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus n. gen. n. sp. Conybeare 1824 plesiosaur including the Holotype (BMNH 22656) and numerous specimens referred by Storrs (1997)
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