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