Fossil specimen : SM J 29564 – Neotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Plesiosauria |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Pliosaurus brachyspondylus Owen |
| Type Status | Neotype |
| Name History | Pliosaurus brachyspondylus Owen – See Tarlo, L.B.H. (1960): Neotype Pliosaurus brachyspondylus (Owen) – See Tarlo, L.B.H. (1959a): Neotype Pliosaurus brachyspondylus (Owen) – See Seeley, H.G. (1869a) |
| Registration No. | J 29564 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Ely, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Kimmeridge Clay |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Kimmeridgian Age (Jurassic Period) (152.1 – 157.3 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Seeley, H.G. 1869 a. Index to the fossil remains of aves, ornithosauria and reptilia from the secondary system of strata pp.97, 103 Tarlo, L.B.H. 1959 a. Palaeontology vol. i p.285 pl. li figs.1 a-c Tarlo, L.B.H. 1960. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology vol. iv pp.157-8 pl.21 figs.1 1 a |
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