Fossil specimen : OUM J.28551a, b – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Plesiosauria |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Plesiosaurus validus Phillips, 1871 |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Plesiosaurus validus Phillips, 1871 – See Brown (1981): Syntype Plesiosaurus validus Phillips, 1871 – See Phillips (1871): Syntype |
| Registration No. | J.28551a, b |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Old OUM Collection |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | Vertebral centrum (J.28551a) & neural arch (J.29551b) |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Cumnor, 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 | BROWN, D.S. 1981. The English Upper Jurassic Plesiosauroidea (Reptilia), and a review of the phylogeny and classification of the Plesiosauria. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geology), 35 (4), 253-347. p. 324 PHILLIPS, J. 1871. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford, xxiv + 523 pp., diagrs I-CCVII. pp. 370 - 372; ? diag. CLXXI |
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