Watchet (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Excalibosaurus costini

Where: Somerset, United Kingdom (51.2° N, 3.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 2.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Peter Langham in 1996; reposited in the ROM

Primary reference: C. McGowan. 2003. A new specimen of Excalibosaurus from the English Lower Jurassic. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(4):950-956 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142712: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 15.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria -
Excalibosaurus costini Motani 1999 ichthyosaur
Near-complete skeleton, ROM 47697