K1249

Classification

The biological classification of the species represented in the fossil.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Haeckel 1847) / Fish
Subphylum: Vertebrata (Lamarck 1801)
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata (Gegenbaur 1874)
Superclass: Tetrapoda (Goodrich 1930)
Class: Reptilia (Laurenti 1768) / Reptile
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha (Hay 1930)
Superfamily: Crocodyloidea (Deraniyagala 1939)
Family: Crocodylidae (Cuvier 1807) / Crocodile

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Haeckel 1847) / Fish
Subphylum: Vertebrata (Lamarck 1801)
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata (Gegenbaur 1874)
Superclass: Tetrapoda (Goodrich 1930)
Class: Reptilia (Laurenti 1768) / Reptile
Order: Sauropterygia (Owen 1861) / Plesiosaur
Superfamily: Plesiosauroidea (Welles 1943)
Family: Plesiosauridae (Gray 1825)

Element

A description of the object collected, in particular what parts are represented.

Frontal, possibly either crocodile or plesiosaur

Collection date

The date an object was collected in the field.

28.12.1993

Collection place

The place where an object was excavated or collected in the field.

United Kingdom > England > Dorset