St Ives pterosaur: Late/Upper Callovian, United Kingdom
collected by Jesson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
- Rhamphorhynchidae
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Rhamphorhynchus jessoni n. sp.
Lydekker 1890
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1 individual | |||||||||
| BMNH R4759, holotype, partial cervical, dorsal and sacral vertebrae, rib fragments, incomplete ilia and femora | ||||||||||
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= Rhamphorhynchidae indet.
Seeley 1870
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Unwin 1996 | pterosaur |
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Cambridgeshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.3° North, 0.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.5° North, 9.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Callovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 164.7 - 161.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Middle Oxford Clay |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | pyritic claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collectors: | Jesson |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Rhamphorhynchus jessoni holotype site | ||
| Database number: | 92048 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-28 02:11:20 | Last modified: | 2009-10-28 05:10:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-28 02:11:20 |
Reference information
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