Haddenham, near Ely (plesiosaur) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.4° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rasenia cymodoce - Aulacostephanus eudoxus ammonoid zone, Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• Rasenia cymodoce-Aulacostephanus euxodus (middle-late Kimmeridgian)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

• CAMSM, Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge, 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 119509: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 29.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae
"Colymbosaurus megadeirus" = Colymbosaurus trochanterius
"Colymbosaurus megadeirus" = Colymbosaurus trochanterius Owen 1840 plesiosaur
CAMSM J.63919 (syntype partial postcranial skeleton)