Great Chatwell: Anisian, United Kingdom
collected by B. Thompson 1905
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Chirotherium sp.
Kaup 1835
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| NOMCM 1922.29.624P | ||||||||||
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Chirotherium barthii
Kaup 1835
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King et al. 2005 | |||||||||
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Chirotherium sickleri
Kaup 1835
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King et al. 2005 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Staffordshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.7° North, 2.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.6° North, 10.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bromsgrove Sandstone | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation, Lower-Middle Anisian, Middle Triassic" (King et al. 2005), previously "Keuper" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | B. Thompson | Collection dates: | 1905 |
| Collection method comments: NOMCM - Northampton Museum, UK | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 197353 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Dunhill | Enterer: | B. Allen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2018-11-06 11:02:18 | Last modified: | 2022-10-13 14:02:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-11-06 11:02:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 82858. | W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1974. A history and bibliography of the study of fossil vertebrate footprints in the British Isles. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 16:265-378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 67305 | M. J. King, W. A. S. Sarjeant, D. B. Thompson and G. Tresise. 2005. A Revised Systematic Ichnotaxonomy and Review of the Vertebrate Footprint Ichnofamily Chirotheriidae from the British Triassic. Ichnos 12(4):241-299 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] |