Dimorphodon
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Dimorphodon is a genus of medium-sized pterosaur that lived in Europe during the early Jurassic Period. It was named by paleontologist Richard Owen in 1859. Dimorphodon means "two-form tooth", derived
Restoration of a pair of D. macronyx
D. macronyx holotype specimen, NHMUK PV R 1034
Illustration of D. macronyx specimen NHUK PV R1035
Cast of D. macronyx specimen NHMUK PV OR 41212
Blue Lias
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The Blue Lias is a geological formation in southern, eastern and western England and parts of South Wales, part of the Lias Group. The Blue Lias consists of a sequence of limestone and shale layers, l
Dimorphodon
…Anning, at Lyme Regis in Dorset, UK in December 1828. This region of Britain is now a World Heritage Site, dubbed the Jurassic Coast; in it layers of the Blue Lias are exposed, dating from the Hettangian-Sinemurian. The specimen was acquired by William Buckland and reported in a meeting of the Geological Society…
Lower Lias sequence exposed at Nash Point, Glamorgan, Wales
Blue Lias formation at Lyme Regis, Dorset
Lytes Cary, Somerset, built of Blue Lias with Ham stone dressings around the windows
The holotype of Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus, on display at the Natural History Museum in London