lower cliff face, Charmouth (BMNH): Sinemurian, United Kingdom
collected by J. Harrison 1858–1862
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Scelidosaurus harrisonii
Owen 1861
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| BMNH OR 39496; BGS 109561 (= NHM OR 190561) | ||||||||||
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= Megalosauridae indet.
Fitzinger 1843
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Newman 1968 | |||||||||
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= Tetanurae indet.
Gauthier 1986
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Carrano and Sampson 2004 | |||||||||
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= Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Benson and Barrett 2009 | |||||||||
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= cf. Tetanurae indet.
Gauthier 1986
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Carrano et al. 2012 | |||||||||
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Scelidosaurus harrisonii n. gen., n. sp.
Owen 1861
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Delair 1960 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| BMNH R.1111 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 2.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.2° North, 3.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Sinemurian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Sinemurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 199.50000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Lias | Formation: | Charmouth Mudstone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Lower Lias" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | nodular marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,concretion |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | J. Harrison | Collection dates: | 1858–1862 |
| Collection method comments: Skull and limbs collected prior to 1861, the remainder shortly afterward (1861-2). | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Scelidosaurus lectotype | ||
| Database number: | 52260 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-02 14:52:23 | Last modified: | 2021-12-03 10:03:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-02 14:52:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12214. | ETE | R. Owen. 1861. A monograph of a fossil dinosaur (Scelidosaurus harrisonii, Owen) of the Lower Lias, part I. Monographs on the British fossil Reptilia from the Oolitic Formations 1:1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 71135 | V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie. 2011. Tail and pelvis pathologies of ankylosaurian dinosaurs. Historical Biology 23(4):375-390 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 31205 | ETE | R. B. J. Benson and P. M. Barrett. 2009. Dinosaurs of Dorset: part I, the carnivorous dinosaurs (Saurischia, Theropoda). Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 130:133-147 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 41617 | M. T. Carrano, R. B. J. Benson, and S. D. Sampson. 2012. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2):211-300 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 14205 | ETE | M. T. Carrano and S. D. Sampson. 2004. A review of coelophysoids (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Jurassic of Europe, with comments on the late history of the Coelophysoidea. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 2004(9):537-558 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 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] |
| 62949 | E. Hennig. 1915. Fossilium Catalogus. I: Animalia. Pars 9: Stegosauria 1-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 52404 | W. D. Lang. 1947. James Harrison of Charmouth, geologist (1819–1864). Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 68:103-118 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 63357 | R. S. Lull. 1924. Dinosaurian climatic response. In M. R. Thorpe (ed.), Organic Adaptation to Environment 225-279 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] |
| 27171 | ETE | B. H. Newman. 1968. The Jurassic dinosaur Scelidosaurus harrisoni, Owen. Palaeontology 11(1):40-43 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 78792 | D. B. Norman. 2020. Scelidosaurus harrisonii from the Early Jurassic of Dorset, England: cranial anatomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188(1):1-81 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 16226 | R. Owen. 1859. Palaeontology. The Encyclopaedia Brittanica, or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature (8th Edition) 17:91-176 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Carrano] | |
| 51988 | R. Owen. 1862. On a dinosaurian reptile (Scelidosaurus harrisoni) from the Lower Lias of Charmouth. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 31:121-122 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 65100 | W. E. Swinton. 1934. A Guide to the Fossil Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians in the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S.W. 7 xii-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |