Ichthyosaur

Record Number

WDS271

Fossil Description

Incomplete ichthyosaur. Skull lacking rostrum, with scattered postcranial elements (including very small humeri). Unusual proportions, with large eye socket and small teeth and humeri.

Taxonomy

Class

Reptilia

Order

Ichthyosauria

Genus

Ichthyosaurus

Species

communis

General stratigraphy

(ex situ)

Formation

Charmouth Mudstone

Member

Black Ven Mudstone

Period

Jurassic

Epoch

Lower Jurassic

Age

Sinemurian

Location Area

The Spittles

Other Images

Date Of Find

06/06/2011

Date Recorded

14/11/2011

Common Name

Ichthyosaur

Category

2