Fossil specimen : OUM J.10455 – Lectotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Plesiosauria |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Pleiosaurus gamma Phillips, 1871 |
| Type Status | Lectotype |
| Name History | Pleiosaurus gamma Phillips, 1871 – See Tarlo (1960): Lectotype Pleiosaurus gamma Phillips, 1871 – See Phillips (1871): Syntype |
| Registration No. | J.10455 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Old OUM Collection |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | Cervical vertebra, centrum |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Weymouth, Dorset |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Weymouth Member |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Oxfordian Age (Jurassic Period) (157.3 – 163.5 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. 358 TARLO, L.B. 1960. A Review of the Upper Jurassic pliosaurs. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geology), 4 (5), 145-189. p. 173 |
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