Kimmeridge Bay (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Nannopterygius enthekiodon type locality

Where: england, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 8.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144398: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 07.05.2013, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Nannopterygius enthekiodon n. gen. n. sp.2 Hulke 1871 ichthyosaur
Holotype NHMUK 46497, largely complete, but flattened specimen. Little other material, none diagnostic: NHMUK 46497a, R1197, 46473e, 47424, R5832.
 Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Dakosaurus maximus n. sp.1 Plieninger 1846 marine crocodile
BMNH 40103 (lower jaw and various skeletal fragments)