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PV R 5703

Classification
Scientific name: Macrospondylus bollensis
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodylomorpha
Family: Teleosauroidea
Genus: Macrospondylus
Species: bollensis
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Reptilia; Archosauromorpha; Archosauria; Crocodylomorpha; Thalattosuchia; Teleosauroidea
Location
Locality: Yorkshire; Township: Runswick Bay
State province: England
Country: United Kingdom
Continent: Europe
Higher geography: Europe; United Kingdom; England
Identification
Identified by: Dr Mark T. Young
Type status: NON-TYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Macrospondylus bollensis
Steneosaurus bollensis Jager 1828
Steneosaurus gracilirostris Westphal 1961
Steneosaurus Geoffroy, 1825
Crocodylia Owen, 1842
Specimen
Catalogue number: PV R 5703
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: ES Reptiles
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:597256
Catalogue description: Skeleton. Mostly in a long nodule that is in several pieces that fit together. Limbs (1 forelimb and 1 hindlimb) are in shale beside the nodule. Limbs are articulated. Some vertebrae are articulated. Scutes are a bit scattered. Skull and lower jaw have already been prepared out at time of writing (January 2014). Skull is 85 cm from tip of snout to back of occiput.
Stratigraphy
Earliest eon/lowest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Latest eon/highest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Earliest era/lowest erathem: Mesozoic
Latest era/highest erathem: Mesozoic
Earliest period/lowest system: Jurassic
Latest period/highest system: Jurassic
Earliest epoch/lowest series: Early Jurassic
Latest epoch/highest series: Early Jurassic
Earliest age/lowest stage: Toarcian
Latest age/highest stage: Toarcian
Group: Lias Group
Chronostratigraphy: Jurassic, Early Jurassic, Toarcian
Lithostratigraphy: Upper Lias Group
Zoology
Barcode: 010038882
Record
Occurrence ID: 59173d2f-5ef0-4611-8af8-c349cbb4cb2b
Modified: 2021-03-29T13:14:27+00:00
Created: 2010-02-10T15:36:03+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2010-02-10T15:36:03+00:00
Last updated 2021-03-29T13:14:27+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb