Species nova SASSOON, NOE & BENTON, 2011

Holotype: BRSMG Cd6172

Locality: Westbury, Wiltshire County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Lower Kimmeridge Clay.

Biostratigraphy: Located 1 m below the Crussoliceras ‘limestone’ horizon, eudoxus biozone (Birkelud et al. 1983).

Age: Lower Kimmeridgian Stage, Middle Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull.

Referred material:

TAYLOR, NORMAN & CRUICKSHANK, 1993, GRANGE, STORRS, CARPENTER & ETCHES, 1996

Locality: Old quarry, La Farge (Formerly Blue Circle Industries) pic Westbury Works (NGR ST 8817 5267), approximately 1 km northeast of the town of Westbury, Wiltshire County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Lower Kimmeridge Clay.

Biostratigraphy: Located 1 m below the Crussoliceras ‘limestone’ horizon, eudoxus biozone (Birkelud et al. 1983).

Age: Lower Kimmeridgian Stage, Middle Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material:

BRSMG Cc332: Complete skull and mandible and fragmentary skeleton.
Note: Found in stomach region, BRSMG Cc332eu, Cc332j, Cc332du: Thyreophora Gen. sp indet, Two of these three symmetrical part of dermal elements.

 


cf. brachyspondylus GRANGE, STORRS, CARPENTER & ETCHES, 1996

Locality: New quarry, La Farge (Formerly Blue Circle Industries) pic Westbury Works (NGR ST 8817 5267), approximately 1 km northeast of the town of Westbury, Wiltshire County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Lower Kimmeridge Clay.

Biostratigraphy: Located 7 m below the Crussoliceras ‘limestone’ horizon, eudoxus biozone (Birkelud et al. 1983).

Age: Lower Kimmeridgian Stage, Middle Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Partial skeleton.