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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