[dinosaur] Lower Jurassic ichthyosaur skeleton possibly from Strawberry Bank Lagerstätte, UK

Ben Creisler
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A new paper:


Alexander Srdic, Susan Beardmore & Dean R. Lomax (2019)
A rediscovered Lower Jurassic ichthyosaur skeleton possibly from the
Strawberry Bank Lagerstätte, Somerset, UK.
Historical Biology (advance online publication)
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An almost complete ichthyosaur from the historically significant collection
of fossils amassed by Somerset geologist, Charles Moore, is described.
Available information suggests that it was collected from the Lower Lias of
Somerset, UK. However, inspection of the surrounding matrix, which seems to
be a nodule, indicates that the specimen may instead hail from the Upper
Lias (Toarcian) Strawberry Bank Lagerstätte of Ilminster, Somerset. The
specimen had previously been identified as Leptonectes tenuirostris.
Herein, further analysis of the skull and forefin, reveals closer
affinities to Stenopterygius triscissus, to which the specimen is
tentatively assigned. Therefore, the specimen represents one of the most
complete ichthyosaurs collected from the Strawberry Bank Lagerstätte.


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