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Ichthyosaur
Record Number
WDS456
Fossil Description
New and undescribed species of Leptonectes. Complete skull (exploded). Deconstructed to show all the bones from the rear of the skull including hearing apparatus not seen before.
Taxonomy
Class
Reptilia
Order
Ichthyosauria
Genus
Leptonectes
General stratigraphy
(ex situ)
Formation
Charmouth Mudstone
Member
Stonebarrow Marl
Period
Jurassic
Epoch
Lower Jurassic
Age
Pliensbachian
Location Area
Seatown
Other Images
Date Of Find
19/01/2010
Date Recorded
12/06/2023
Common Name
Ichthyosaur
Category
1