Kimmeridge Bay foreshore (Etches collection): Early Kimmeridgian, United Kingdom
collected by Steve Etches <1992-2009
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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Cuspicephalus scarfi n. gen., n. sp.
Martill and Etches 2013
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MJML K1918, partial skull (collected December 2009) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Pliosauridae
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| Clarke and Etches 1992 | 1 individual | |||||||||
| SEKC.K1.2 metre long mandible (collected <1992) | ||||||||||
| Benson et al. 2013 | ||||||||||
| SEKC.K1.2 should be considered as Pliosaurus indet. unless other information on its morphology becomes available | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
| Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 2.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.5° North, 13.6° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 4 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early Kimmeridgian | Ammonoid zone: | Aulacostephanus autissiodorensis |
| Age range of interval: | 154.8 - 152.21 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kimmeridge Clay | Member: | Lower |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | deep-water indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Steve Etches | Collection dates: | <1992-2009 |
| Collection method comments: MJML, Museum of Jurassic Marine Life, Kimmeridge, Dorset
Also known as Steve Etches Kimmeridge collection (SEKC) | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 120291 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Butler, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-11-10 01:52:19 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-11-10 01:52:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38468. | D. M. Martill and S. Etches. 2013. A new monofenestratan pterosaur from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic) of Dorset, England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(2):285-294 [R. Butler/R. Butler/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 46939 | R. B. J. Benson, M. Evans, A. S. Smith, J. Sassoon, S. Moore-Faye, H. F. Ketchum, and R. Forrest. 2013. A giant pliosaurid skull from the Late Jurassic of England. PLoS ONE 8(5):e65989 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 44200 | J. Clarke and S. Etches. 1992. Predation amongst Jurassic marine reptiles. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 113:202-205 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |