List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Reptilia
- Ophthalmosauridae
|
||||||||||
| Appleby 1956 | ||||||||||
| Precise locality unknown (Leicester and Peterborough Museum collections) | ||||||||||
|
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Pliosauridae
|
||||||||||
| Lydekker 1889 | 3 specimens | |||||||||
| A tooth (BMNH 39787) referred by Lydekker (1890, fig. 45) ;two large phalanges (BMNH R.400) were later referred by Delair (1960) | ||||||||||
|
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Cryptoclididae
|
||||||||||
| 4 specimens | ||||||||||
| Four cervical centra, BMNH 44187 | ||||||||||
| Dorsal vertebrae in the BMNH (no specific details given) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
| Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 2.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.6° North, 16.7° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Ancholme | Formation: | Oxford Clay |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 140700 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson, P. Mannion | Enterer: | R. Benson, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-15 05:03:33 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-15 05:03:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31216. | ETE | J. B. Delair. 1960. The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part two. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 80:52-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Benson] |
Secondary references:
| 46456 | R. M. Appleby. 1956. The osteology and taxonomy of the fossil reptile Ophthalmosaurus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 126(3):403-448 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 37969 | W. D. Conybeare. 1822. Additional notices on the fossil genera Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 1:103-123 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen] | |
| 38163 | W. D. Conybeare. 1824. On the discovery of an almost perfect skeleton of the Plesiosaurus. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 2 1:381-389 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 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] |