Bolney (BMNH) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.0° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 10.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Weald Clay Formation (Wealden Group), Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; blue claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. A. Mantell in 1832; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: G. A. Mantell. 1851. Petrifactions and Their Teachings; or, a Hand-Book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British Museum xi-496 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52256: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.08.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Polacanthoides sp. n. gen.3 Nopcsa 1928 ankylosaur
BMNH 1106, 1107, 2594
 Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
"Hylaeosaurus oweni" = Hylaeosaurus armatus1
"Hylaeosaurus oweni" = Hylaeosaurus armatus1 Mantell 1833 ankylosaur
BMNH 2615, 2584
 Ornithischia -
Iguanodon sp.2 Mantell 1825 ornithopod
 Loricata - Goniopholididae
Goniopholis sp.2 Owen 1842 crocodilian
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines2
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines2 Batsch 1788 turtle