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Liopleurodon ferox tooth
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Taxonomy
Liopleurodon ferox
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Pliosauridae
Genus: Liopleurodon
Species: Liopleurodon ferox
Author Citation Henri Émile Sauvage, 1873
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
Stratigraphy
Oxford Clay Formation
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Length: 2 inches
Location
Orton Brick Pit
Oxford Clay, Peterborough
United Kingdom
- liopleurodon
- liopleurodon ferox
- orton pit
- oxford clay
- peterborough
- pliosaur
- pliosaurus
- tooth
- united kingdom
Comments
Liopleurodon ferox tooth
Oxford Clay, Orton Brick Pit, Peterborough, UK
Identified by Dr Adam S. Smith (Author of The Plesiosaur Directory) as belonging to Liopleurodon ferox due to the distribution, length, spacing of the ridges which is typical for the species
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