Załęcze Wielkie: Oxfordian, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Teleosauridae
Peloneustes sp. Lydekker 1889
1 specimen
Museum of the Earth in Warsaw MZ VIII Vr-72, fragmentary mandible in matrix
    = Teleosauridae indet. Geoffroy 1831
Ketchum and Benson 2011
The tooth morphology and cross-section through the lower jaw of this specimen closely resemble those of teleosaurid thalattosuchians (Teleosauridae indet.)
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland State/province:Łódzkie County:Wielunski
Coordinates: 51.1° North, 18.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.8° North, 25.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Oxfordian
Age range of interval:163.50000 - 157.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: no bed name given
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Abundance in sediment:rare
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Collection size:1 specimens
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Zalecze Wielkie
Database number:106466
Authorizer:M. Carrano, R. Benson Enterer:H. Street, R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-03-18 08:06:36 Last modified:2018-01-11 15:37:09
Access level:the public Released:2011-03-18 08:06:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

35546.ETE T. Maryanska. 1972. Aberrant pliosaurs from the Oxfordian of Poland. Prace Museum Ziemi 20:201-206 [M. Carrano/H. Street]

Secondary references:

36273ETE H. F. Ketchum and R. B. J. Benson. 2011. The cranial anatomy and taxonomy of Peloneustes philarchus (Sauropterygia, Pliosauridae) from the Peterborough Member (Callovian, Middle Jurassic) of the United Kingdom. Palaeontology 54(3):639-665 [M. Carrano/H. Street]