Swindon (Cunnington collection): Late Kimmeridgian - Early Tithonian, United Kingdom
collected by Cunnington 1875
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Pliosauridae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| BMNH 46796 a considerable portion of the skeleton ; from the Kimeridge Clay of Swindon, Wiltshire. The bones remaining are as follows :—The nearly entire mandible, with the anterior portion of the cranium in apposition. The centra of two cervical and of two anterior dorsal vertebrae, and the neural arches and spines of two vertebrae. Fragments of the pectoral girdle : the imperfect humerus of either side ; the somewhat imperfect femora ; the united tibia and fibula of one side ; the tibia of the opposite side ; and a number of tarsal and a few phalangeal bones | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Wiltshire |
| Coordinates: | 51.6° North, 1.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 12.7° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 153 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Kimmeridgian - Early Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 152.21 - 145.06 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Ancholme | Formation: | Kimmeridge Clay |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Cunnington | Collection dates: | Acquired 1875 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 139859 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-02-19 05:34:49 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-02-19 05:34:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33960. | R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia [M. Carrano/H. Street/R. Benson] |