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Ichthyosaur
Record Number
WDS230
Fossil Description
Partially crushed skull with the first seven articulated vertebrae and both coracoids and a single humerus. Preserved in shale
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
Stonebarrow
Other Images
Date Of Find
10/07/2010
Date Recorded
09/11/2010
Common Name
Ichthyosaur
Category
2