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Description: | N[ew] W[hittlesea] B[rick] C[o.], Peterborough [district, Cambridgeshire], [England] [probably ex.] [Bed 10 (Hudson & Martill, 1994)], Oxford Clay [Formation, Peterborough Member, ("Gryphaea and Reptile Beds")], [*Kosmoceras jason jason* Zone],[Middle Callovian], [Jurassic (Middle)] ... postfrontals (2), vomer/parasphenoid (2 frags.), quadrates (2), quadrato-jugal (L), basisphenoid, basioccipital, supraoccipital, parietals (2), prootics (2), squamosals (2), upper jaw teeth (6/17), sockets for possible 27; mid-skull: lacrimal (R); lower skull: articulars (2), prearticulars (2), angulars (2), surangulars (2), coronoids (2), splenials (2), dentaries (2), lower jaw teeth (17/14), sockets for up to 21; unplaced teeth (2); shoulder girdle: scapula (R), coracoid (R), humerus (R + proximal tip of L); post-cranial: vertebrae: cervical (5), dorsal (17), ribs: atlas (L + distal tip of R), axis (main ramus of R), cervical (4).
Identification as *Metriorhynchus superciliosus* on the basis of tooth number (20 or more) in upper jaw, and that the nasals and pre-maxillaries are separated from contact by a reasonable distance, and the ratio of the post-frontal width/cranial length (1:5.12).
Glass plates indicate that specimen's forelimb and atlas/axis ribs were displayed as teaching specimens. Skull and lower jaws previously used in Level 1 annual geology practical, until critical damage sustained during return of teaching loan (1/2/2005). | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | VERTTETRREPTIL : CROCMETR : FOSSIL : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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