K2134

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
Order: Sauropterygia (Owen 1861) / Plesiosaur
Superfamily: Plesiosauroidea (Welles 1943)

Element

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

Slab of cocolith rich shale showing the two dentaries. Angular, articular, basisphenoid, cervical vertebrae, atlas axis and numerous disarticulated skull bones of a plesiosaur kimmerosaurus. Possibly the most found to date. This specimen has been washed out from below low water at P level between just above the FSS band and to include the middle white stone band and shales between these points.

Collection date

The date an object was collected in the field.

7.3.15

Collection place

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

United Kingdom > England > Dorset