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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)] ... quadrate (L), squamosals (2), basisphenoid, basioccipital, parietals (2), prootics (possible), unplaced fragments (13).
Skull has been severely chewed - the twisting of the parietals and the basisphenoid (as well as the broken lump of the left squamosal/post-frontal, that does not fit back into the space from whence it came) reveals that its head must have been almost torn apart. The culprit would seem to be another metriorhynchid, judging by the beautifully profiled tooth-hole halfway down the tooth row of the left maxilla.
The Ingham card for this specimen states: "one of the bones bears a Leeds No.161 which has previously been attributed to V964. The two specimens do not belong together. The 161 is presumably an earlier or subsequent Leeds catalogue entry." - there is no trace of such a number on any of the parts of this specimen, although one such number 161 was found at the bottom of a nearby drawer - seems likely that it was removed, to prevent further confusion! | 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 : 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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