Where: England, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 8.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
• lower part of formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W. Cunnington, H. N. Goddard in 1849; reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: R. Owen. 1877. Monographs on the fossil Reptilia of the Mesozoic formations. Part III. (Omosaurus). 31:95-97 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47789: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.03.2005, edited by Roger Benson and Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Omosaurus hastiger n. sp.
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Pliosaurus macromerus2 Phillips 1871 plesiosaur BMNH 24684, and 24684c anterior cervical centra purchased 1849; BMNH 46795d, posterior dorsal centrum purchased 1875; plus BMNH 24684d-e, posterior dorsal centra
"Pliosaurus brachydirus" = Pliosaurus brachydeirus2 Owen 1841 plesiosaur BMNH 24684, dorsal centrum purchased 1849
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