Where: England, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 1.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Chalk Group, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)
• From the Middle Chalk, according to Milner (1987)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: R. Owen. 1850. Descriptions of the fossils of the Chalk Formation. Description of the fossil reptiles of the Chalk Formation. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex 378-404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140705: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 15.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Plesiosaurus constrictus n. sp.
Plesiosaurus constrictus n. sp. Owen 1850 elasmosaur partial anterior cervical vertebra first reported by Owen (1850, p. 398)
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