Downham Market plesiosaur (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.6° N, 0.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 9.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C. B. Rose

• CMN, Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich, UK

Primary reference: D. S. Brown. 1981. The English Upper Jurassic Plesiosauroidea (Reptilia) and a review of the phylogeny and classification of the Plesiosauria. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 35(4):253-347 [M. Carrano/H. Street/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119506: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 29.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae
Colymbosaurus trochanterius Owen 1840 plesiosaur
CMN 15.72(2)