Fossil specimen : OUM J.10441 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Plesiosauria |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Pliosaurus macromerus (Phillips, 1871) |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Pliosaurus macromerus (Phillips, 1871) Liopleurodon macromerus (Phillips, 1871) – See Noè, Smith & Walton (2004): Lectotype Stretosaurus macromerus (Phillips, 1871) – See Tarlo (1960): Lectotype Stretosaurus macromerus (Phillips, 1871) – See Tarlo (1959): Lectotype Pleiosaurus macromerus Phillips, 1871 – See Phillips (1871): Syntype |
| Registration No. | J.10441 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Old OUM Collection |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | Anterior cervical vertebra, centrum |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Shotover Railway, Oxford, Oxfordshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Kimmeridge Clay Formation |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Kimmeridgian Age (Jurassic Period) (152.1 – 157.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | NOÈ, L.F., SMITH, D.T.J. and WALTON, D.I. 2004. A new species of Kimmeridgian pliosaur (Reptilia; Sauropterygia) and its bearing on the nomenclature of Liopleurodon macromerus. Proc. Geol. Ass., 115, 13-24. pp. 21, 22 PHILLIPS, J. 1871. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford, xxiv + 523 pp., diagrs I-CCVII. p. 354 ('f' in list); diag. CXLVIII TARLO, L.B. 1959. Stretosaurus gen. nov., a giant pliosaur from the Kimmeridge Clay. Palaeontology, 2 (1), 39-55. pp. 40, 41, 54; pl. 8, figs 1 a - c TARLO, L.B. 1960. A Review of the Upper Jurassic pliosaurs. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geology), 4 (5), 145-189. pp. 160 - 162; pl. 22, figs 1, 1 a |
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