Woodeaton, "Monster Bed" (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 9.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Hampen Marly Formation, Middle Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• "Monster Bed"

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collected by UCL in 1983

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: S. E. Evans and A. R. Milner. 1994. Middle Jurassic microvertebrate assemblages from the British Isles. In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods, N. C. Fraser and H.-D. Sues (eds.), Cambridge University Press 303-321 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 92055: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 28.10.2009

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes -
Lissodus sp. Brough 1935 elasmobranch
Teeth
Amphibia
 Amphibia -
Amphibia indet. tetrapod
Vertebrae
Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Tritylodontidae
? Stereognathus sp. Charlesworth 1854 mammaliamorph
Teeth
Mammalia
 Mammalia -
Mammalia indet. mammal
Possible mammalian incisor
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
Small jaws
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
Teeth and osteoderms
 Saurischia -
Cetiosaurus sp. Owen 1841 sauropod
 Pterosauria -
Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834 pterosaur
Tooth