Fossil specimen : SM J 5346 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Plesiosauria |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Colymbosaurus portlandicus (Owen) |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Colymbosaurus portlandicus (Owen) Cimoliosaurus portlandicus (Owen) Plesiosaurus winspitensis Seeley: Syntype |
| Registration No. | J 5346 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Brodie, W.R. (1780-1863) |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Winspit (quarry), Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Portland Oolite |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Tithonian Age (Jurassic Period) (145 – 152.1 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Delair 1959 for 1958. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society vol. lxxx (3): p.62 Seeley, H.G. 1871 b. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. (4) vol. viii (1): p.181 Woods, H. 1891. Catalogue of the Type Fossils in the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge. Henry Woods with preface by T. McKenny Hughes CUP. 180+xiv SPL: II. 16 (2): p.168 |
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