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Lias - Whitby Mudstone, Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Group | Lias |
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Formation | Whitby Mudstone |
Member(s) | Jet Rock Beds |
Age: | 183 - 174 Ma Jurassic |
Interval | Toarcian |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 1 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Whitby theropod | Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK | Lias - Whitby Mudstone |
'Alum Shale' | Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK | Lias - Whitby Mudstone - Jet Rock Beds |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Alum Shale - Main Alum Shales | 182 - 176 Ma Early Jurassic | shale, "shale"/mudstone | 3 |
Lias - Whitby Mudstone - Jet Rock Beds | 183 - 182 Ma Early Jurassic | shale | 1 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Plesiosaurus longirostris species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pliosauridae : Hauffiosaurus : Plesiosaurus longirostris | 183 - 182 Ma Early Jurassic |
Theropoda unranked clade | Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda | 182.7 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!