Peterborough pterosaurs: Middle Callovian, United Kingdom
collected 1900
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
- Rhamphorhynchidae
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Rhamphorhynchus sp.
Meyer 1847
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Martill 1988 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| BMNH R1995, right ulna and partial humeri; BMNH R4759, wing-phalanx 1 | ||||||||||
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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: | 52.6° North, 0.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.7° North, 9.7° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Callovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 164.7 - 161.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lower Oxford Clay |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | early 1900s |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92053 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-28 03:28:13 | Last modified: | 2009-10-28 05:33:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-28 03:28:13 |
Reference information
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