Fossil specimen : SM J 29726 - J 29727 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Plesiosauria |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Pliosaurus brachydeirus Owen |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Pliosaurus brachydeirus Owen Plesiosaurus sterrodeirus Seeley Peloneustes aequalis (Phillips) Peloneustes aequalis (Phillips) Plesiosaurus sterrodeirus Seeley: Syntype |
| Registration No. | J 29726 - J 29727 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Locality | Ely, 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. 1889 b. Catalogue of the fossil reptilia and amphibia in the British Museum Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology part ii (2): p.152 Roberts, T. 1892. The Jurassic rocks of the neighbourhood of Cambridge (5): 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, 98-99 Tarlo, L.B.H. 1960. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology vol. iv (6): pp.152, 179 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.174 Woodward, A.S. & Sherborn 1890. A catalogue of British fossil vertebrata (3): |
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