Hartwell (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 8.9° 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; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1867; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: mechanical,

• Purchased 1867

Primary reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia [M. Carrano/H. Street/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141852: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 02.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Pliosaurus macromerus Phillips 1871 plesiosaur
Teeth: BMNH 40304 and 40304a