page_title: Kimmeridge Clay
section_title: Thalattosuchians
hierarchical_section_title: Kimmeridge Clay / Vertebrate fauna / Archosaurs / Thalattosuchians
caption_attribution_description: English: Metriorhynchus superciliosum - Late Jurassic of Europa Русский: Metriorhynchus superciliosum - поздняя юра Европы
context_page_description: The Kimmeridge Clay is a sedimentary deposit of fossiliferous marine clay which is of Late Jurassic to lowermost Cretaceous age and occurs in southern and eastern England and in the North Sea. This rock formation is the major source rock for North Sea oil. The fossil fauna of the Kimmeridge Clay includes turtles, crocodiles, sauropods, plesiosaurs, pliosaurs and ichthyosaurs, as well as a number of invertebrate species.
caption: Metriorhynchus
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