cliff face, Durlston Bay: Middle Berriasian, United Kingdom
collected by S. Beckles 1860

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Linneus sp.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
"vegetable remains"
Reptilia - Heterodontosauridae
Echinodon becklesii n. gen., n. sp. Owen 1861
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Physidae
Physa sp. Draparnaud 1801
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Valvatidae
Valvata sp. Müller 1774
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae
Cypris sp. Müller 1776
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Dorsetshire
Coordinates: 50.6° North, 2.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.5° North, 7.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Berriasian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1
Key time interval:Middle Berriasian
Age range of interval:142.70000 - 140.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Purbeck Formation:Lulworth Member:Worbarrow Tout
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: single bed but member uncertain, described as ?Marly or ?Cherty Freshwater Member, Middle Purbeck Beds, Purbeck Limestone Formation; Mansel-Pleydell lists it as the Feather Bed in the "Middle Purbecks"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: "fresh-water stratum"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collectors:S. Beckles Collection dates:1860s
Metadata
Also known as:Durdleston Bay, Echinodon type
Database number:45330
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-10-19 14:14:39 Last modified:2017-08-01 16:29:12
Access level:the public Released:2004-10-19 14:14:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
14066.ETE R. Owen. 1861. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck formations. Part V. Lacertilia (Nuthetes, etc.). [Purbeck]. The Palaeontological Society, London 1858:31-39 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

15587ETE M. J. Benton and P. S. Spencer. 1995. Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain. Chapman & Hall, London 1-386 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/J. Tennant]
31216ETE 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]
62949 E. Hennig. 1915. Fossilium Catalogus. I: Animalia. Pars 9: Stegosauria 1-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14142ETE 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]
25192ETE J. C. Mansel-Pleydell. 1888. Fossil reptiles of Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club 9:1-40 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
11798ETE D. B. Norman and P. M. Barrett. 2002. Ornithischian dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian) of England. Special Papers in Palaeontology 68:161-189 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]
61518 D. B. Weishampel and J. B. Weishampel. 1983. Annotated localities of ornithopod dinosaurs: implications to Mesozoic paleobiogeography. The Mosasaur 1:43-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30971ETE 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]