Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Dinosauria |
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Fossil Name | Gigantosaurus megalonyx Seeley |
Type Status | Syntype |
Name History | Gigantosaurus megalonyx Seeley Gigantosaurus megalonyx Seeley Ornithopsis humerocristatus (Hulke) Gigantosaurus megalonyx Seeley: Syntype |
Registration No. | J 29478 |
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Collector | Name not available |
Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
Held By | Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge |
Comments |
Country | England |
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Locality | Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England |
Grid Reference | Not available |
Rock Unit | Kimmeridge Clay |
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Biozone | Not available |
Geological Age |
Kimmeridgian Age (Jurassic Period) (152.1 – 157.3 Ma B.P.) |
References | Lydekker, R. 1888 c. Catalogue of the fossil reptilia and amphibia in the British Museum part 1 (2): p.151 Roberts, T. 1892. The Jurassic rocks of the neighbourhood of Cambridge (3): p.75 Seeley, H.G. 1869 a. Index to the fossil remains of aves, ornithosauria and reptilia from the secondary system of strata (1): pp. xx, 94, 95 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 (4): p.170 |
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