Fossil specimen : OUM J.13701 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Dinosauria |
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| Fossil Name | 'Cetiosaurus' 'medius' Owen, 1842 |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | 'Cetiosaurus' 'medius' Owen, 1842 – See Upchurch & Martin (2003): Syntype Cetiosaurus – See Delair & Sarjeant (1975) Ceteosaurus – See Phillips (1871) Cetiosaurus medius Owen, 1842 – See Owen (1842) Cetiosaurus – See Owen (1841) – See Kingdon (1825) |
| Registration No. | J.13701 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available 1825 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Kingdon, J. |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | Caudal vertebra |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Chapel House, about 1 mile NE of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Great Oolite Group |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 168.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | DELAIR, J.B. and SARJEANT, A.S. 1975. The earliest discoveries of dinosaurs. Isis, 66 (231), 5-25. pp. 22 - 23, 24 KINGDON, J. 1825. Proceedings of Philosophical Societies - The Geological Society. Annals of Philosophy, New Series, 10. p. 229 OWEN, R. 1841. A description of a portion of the skeleton of the Cetiosaurus, a gigantic extinct Saurian Reptile occurring in the Oolitic formations of different portions of England. Proc. geol. Soc. Lond., III (II), no. 80, 457-462. pp. 459 - 460 OWEN, R. 1842. Report on British Fossil Reptiles, part II. Rep. of Brit. Ass. Advmt. Sci. (for 1841), 60-204. pp. 100 - 101 PHILLIPS, J. 1871. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford, xxiv + 523 pp., diagrs I-CCVII. pp. 261 - 262, 263 (no. 1 on list), 264 UPCHURCH, P. and MARTIN, J. 2003. The anatomy and taxonomy of Cetiosaurus (Saurischia, Sauropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of England. Jl. Vert. Paleont., 23 (1), 208-231. p. 210 |
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