ammonites
Cambridge Acamptonectes sp. (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.2° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 4.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cambridge Greensand Formation (Lower Chalk Group), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• lower Cenomanian, but includes upper Albian material reworked from the Gault Formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: salvage

• CAMSM: Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge

Primary reference: V. Fischer, M. W. Maisch, D. Naish, R. Kosma, J. Liston, U. Joger, F. J. Krüger, J. Pardo Pérez, J. Tainsh and R. M. Appleby. 2012. New ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous demonstrate extensive ichthyosaur survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary. PLoS One 7(1):e29234 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122654: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 04.01.2012