Spyways area quarry, Langton Matravers (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 33.0° N, 16.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stair Hole Member (Durlston Formation), Late/Upper Berriasian (139.1 - 137.1 Ma)

• from the "Roach Bed", probably = Durlston Fm., Intermarine Mb.

•Durlston Formation is likely upper Berriasian in age based on magnetostratigraphy (Ogg et al. 1994; Ogg et al. 2008) and correlates to other upper Berriasian assemblages in Europe (e.g. Wimbledon and Hunt 1993).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. B. Delair. 1960. The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part three: conclusion. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 81:59-85 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 145242: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Iguanodontidae
Iguanodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1850 iguanodontid
"large and small tridactyle footprints"