Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.4° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Aulacostephanus euxodus ammonoid zone, Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
• "There are thirteen teeth marks on the ventral surface of the bone (SEKC.K92; plesiosaur propodial)...The dorsal surface has four teeth marks."
Collected by Steve Etches
Collection methods: surface (float),
• Steve Etches Kimmeridge Collection (SEKC)
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138248: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 08.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Plesiosauroidea indet. Welles 1943 plesiosaur SEKC.K92, proximal partof a propodial with tooth marks
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