Keynsham, near Bristol: Sinemurian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus
Conybeare 1824
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH R1315 (pectoral girdle) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Avon |
| Coordinates: | 51.4° North, 2.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.0° North, 3.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Sinemurian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Sinemurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 199.50000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: 'Lias', suggested Sinemurian based on provenance of Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus holotype |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 119286 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-10-22 23:36:53 | Last modified: | 2011-10-22 07:36:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-22 23:36:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38282. | G. W. Storrs. 1997. Morphological and taxonomic clarification of the genus Plesiosaurus. In J. M. Callaway, E. Nicholls (eds.), Ancient Marine Reptiles 145-190 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |