Bellington borehole no. 4 (1000 ft) (Triassic of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Kidderminster

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.4° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 15.1° N, 12.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chester Pebble Beds Formation (Sherwood Sandstone Group), Olenekian (251.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• Bunter Series, Bunter Pebble Beds; PJW: These are now the Chester Pebble Beds.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: L. J. Wills and W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1970. Fossil vertebrate and invertebrate tracks from boreholes through the Bunter Series (Triassic) of Worcestershire. The Mercian Geologist 3(4):399-414 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 184045: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.01.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
  -
? Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
toe prints?, BU 2004
 Saurischia -
Coelurosaurichnus "sp. A" Huene 1941 saurischian
Coelurosaurichnus "sp. B" Huene 1941 saurischian
 Pseudosuchia -
? Aetosauripus sp. Weiss 1934 aetosaur
trackway, BU 2004
 Ichnofossils -
Permichnium volcheri
trackway, BU 2004