Also known as Omphalosaurus merriami type locality
Where: Svalbard, Norway (78.3° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 8.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. W. Maisch. 2010. Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria - the state of the art. Palaeodiversity 3:151-214 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140928: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 19.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Omphalosaurus merriami n. sp.
Omphalosaurus merriami n. sp. Maisch 2010 diapsid |