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Description: | 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)] Appears to clearly be a cryptoclidid femur, from the character of its distal end. Dorsal surface of proximal end appears to have suffered a pathological embayment in life - possibly an infection incurred as a result of predation damage? See V1840, V1823 for similar damage pattern to other plesiosaur long bones. Unlike those specimens, this one does, however, appear to bear teeth-marks on its dorsal surface.
Moved to Low Humidity Room for size/space/height rather than conservation reasons. | 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 : PLESICRYP? : BIOPATH : ICHNOMARK : 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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