Fossil specimen : SM J 29597 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Plesiosauria |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Cimoliosaurus trochanterius (Owen) |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Cimoliosaurus trochanterius (Owen) Colymbosaurus megadeirus (Seeley) Plesiosaurus megadeirus Seeley: Syntype |
| Registration No. | J 29597 |
|---|---|
| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Jones, Stead |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| 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 | Lydekker, R. 1888 a. Geological Magazine vol. (3) v (4): pp.353-356 Lydekker, R. 1889 b. Catalogue of the fossil reptilia and amphibia in the British Museum Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology part ii (5): p.190 Roberts, T. 1892. The Jurassic rocks of the neighbourhood of Cambridge (6): p.75 Seeley, H.G. 1869 a. Index to the fossil remains of aves, ornithosauria and reptilia from the secondary system of strata (2): pp. xx, 97, 100, 137 Seeley, H.G. 1874. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xxx (3): pp.445, 447 |
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