Quest Pit, east of Stewartby: Early/Lower Callovian, United Kingdom
collected by Mr C. Andrew, Mr M. Evans and Mr A. Garbutt 1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Pliosauridae
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Marmornectes candrewi n. gen., n. sp.
Ketchum and Benson 2011
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1 specimen | |||||||||
BEDFM 1999.201 (holotype partial skeleton) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Bedfordshire |
Coordinates: | 52.1° North, 0.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° North, 9.5° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Callovian | Ammonoid zone: | Sigaloceras enodatum |
Age range of interval: | 165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Ancholme | Formation: | Oxford Clay | Member: | Peterborough |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | mudstone |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Mr C. Andrew, Mr M. Evans and Mr A. Garbutt | Collection dates: | 1998 |
Collection method comments: Bedford Museum, Bedford, UK |
Metadata
Also known as: | Marmornectes type locality | ||
Database number: | 118199 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-10-08 02:27:26 | Last modified: | 2017-05-19 13:27:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-08 02:27:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
38068. | H. F. Ketchum and R. B. J. Benson. 2011. A new pliosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Oxford CLay Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) of England: evidence for a gracile, longirostrine grade of Early-Middle Jurassic pliosaurids. Special Papers in Palaeontology 86:109-129 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |