Bedford stegosaur (BMNH): Middle Callovian, United Kingdom
collected by Graham 1880
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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? Omosaurus sp.
Owen 1875
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH R.584 | ||||||||||
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= Lexovisaurus durobrivensis
Hulke 1887
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Martill 1988 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Stegosauria | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Bedfordshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.1° North, 0.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.3° North, 9.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Callovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Ancholme | Formation: | Oxford Clay | Member: | Peterborough |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: probably Jason Zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Graham | Collection dates: | 1880s |
Metadata
| Database number: | 52635 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-12 08:52:56 | Last modified: | 2013-07-26 16:03:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-12 08:52:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14142. | ETE | R. Lydekker. 1888. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London 1-309 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 14480 | ETE | D. M. Martill. 1988. A review of the terrestrial vertebrate of fossils of the Oxford Clay (Callovian-Oxfordian) of England. Mercian Geologist 11(3):171-190 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 30971 | ETE | A. S. Woodward and C. D. Sherborn. 1890. A Catalogue of British Fossil Vertebrata. Dulao & Company, London 1-396 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |