Fossil specimen : OUM J.10444 – Paralectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Plesiosauria |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Pliosaurus macromerus (Phillips, 1871) |
| Type Status | Paralectotype |
| Name History | Pliosaurus macromerus (Phillips, 1871) Stretosaurus macromerus (Phillips, 1871) – See Tarlo (1959): Paralectotype Pleiosaurus macromerus Phillips, 1871 – See Phillips (1871): Syntype |
| Registration No. | J.10444 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Old OUM Collection |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | Posterior cervical vertebra, centrum |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Sandford-on-Thames, 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 | PHILLIPS, J. 1871. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford, xxiv + 523 pp., diagrs I-CCVII. p. 355; diag. CXLIX TARLO, L.B. 1959. Stretosaurus gen. nov., a giant pliosaur from the Kimmeridge Clay. Palaeontology, 2 (1), 39-55. p. 40 |
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