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Plesiosaur
Record Number
WDS224
No Image On Record
Fossil Description
Partial plesiosaur (basal rhomaliosaur?) skeleton (appox 45%) mostly postcranial and lacking all but the very distal part of the skull. Fused/incompletely formed neck vertebrae
Taxonomy
Class
Reptilia
Order
Plesiosauria
Genus
Rhomaleosaurus?
General stratigraphy
(in situ)
Formation
Blue Lias
Period
Jurassic
Epoch
Lower Jurassic
Age
Sinemurian
Location Area
The Spittles
Date Of Find
01/02/2010
Date Recorded
14/09/2010
Common Name
Plesiosaur
Category
2