References
Reference
Grange, D. R. et. al. (1996) An important marine vertebrate-bearing locality from the Lower Kimmeridge Clay (Upper Jurassic) of Westbury, Wiltshire; Proceedings of the Geologists Association, London, 107, pp.107-116
An important marine vertebrate-bearing locality from the Lower Kimmeridge Clay (Upper Jurassic) of Westbury, Wiltshire
Principal Author
D. R. Grange
Other Authors
Glenn W. Storrs, Steve Etches, S. Carpenter
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Academic paper
Journal
Proceedings of the Geologists Association, London
Volume
107
Pages
107-116
Abstract
The Blue Circle Industries pic Westbury Works is a major marine vertebrate-bearing exposure in the Lower Kimmeridge Clay of Wiltshire. The quarry faces have yielded important chelonian, ichthyosaurian, crocodilian and plesiosaurian remains. The most recent discovery is a large pliosaurian skeleton found during the summer of 1994. The partial skeleton, provisionally identified as Pliosaurus, consists of a skull and mandible (approximately 1.8 m in length), with associated disarticulated postcrania enclosed within large carbonate concretions. The skeleton is associated with abundant fossil wood and shell debris, indicating a possible period of turbulent current activity in the vicinity of the carcass prior to burial.
Language
English