Where: England, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 2.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 4.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lias Group, Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 183.0 Ma)
• 'Lias at Bitton, Gloucestershire in 1830'
• group-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1830
Collection methods: quarrying
• Bristol City Museum collection (now destroyed)
Primary reference: R. Owen. 1840. Report on British fossil reptiles. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 8:43-126 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 119084: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 20.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Plesiosauria indet.2 de Blainville 1835 plesiosaur BRSMG Cb 2337 (now destroyed; Plesiosaurus "brachycephalus")
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"Plesiosaurus arcuatus" = Eurycleidus arcuatus1
"Plesiosaurus arcuatus" = Eurycleidus arcuatus1 Owen 1840 plesiosaur First reported by Owen (1839, pp. 75-77)
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"Plesiosaurus brachycephalus n. sp." = Plesiosaurus macrocephalus
"Plesiosaurus brachycephalus n. sp." = Plesiosaurus macrocephalus Owen 1840 plesiosaur BRSMG Cb 2336 (now destroyed; holotype)
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