Gillingham Pottery, Dorset (BMNH): Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, United Kingdom
collected 1938
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Omosaurus armatus
Marsh 1877
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1 individual | |||||||||
| BMNH R5902 | ||||||||||
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= Dacentrurus sp.
Lucas 1902
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Delair 1960 | |||||||||
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= Dacentrurus armatus
Marsh 1877
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Galton 1985 | |||||||||
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= Stegosauria indet.
Marsh 1877
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Maidment et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorsetshire |
| Coordinates: | 51.0° North, 2.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° North, 7.7° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kimmeridge Clay |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | Collection dates: | 1938 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 47788 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-01 14:27:31 | Last modified: | 2012-11-26 15:17:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-01 14:27:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13123. | ETE | R. Hoffstetter. 1957. Quelques observations sur les stégosaurinés [Some observations on stegosaurines]. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 2e série 29(6):537-547 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 31216 | ETE | J. B. Delair. 1960. The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part two. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 80:52-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Benson] |
| 12793 | ETE | P. M. Galton. 1985. British plated dinosaurs (Ornithischia, Stegosauridae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(3):211-254 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 29301 | ETE | S. C. R. Maidment, D. B. Norman, P. M. Barrett and P. Upchurch. 2008. Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(4):367-407 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |