Where: England, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 9.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Stewartby Member (Oxford Clay Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the OUM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: J. B. Delair. 1960. The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part two. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 80:52-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140699: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 15.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Plesiosaurus plicatus n. sp." = Muraenosaurus leedsii
"Plesiosaurus plicatus n. sp." = Muraenosaurus leedsii Seeley 1874 plesiosaur Holotype: two cervical and four dorsal vertebrae
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