shore, 0.5 miles north of Swanage: Berriasian, United Kingdom
collected by W. Buckland 1820
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Iguanodon sp.
Mantell 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| phalanx | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
| 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: | Berriasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 139.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Purbeck | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: probably lower Purbeck beds | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ferruginous argillaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "iron-sand and sandy clay" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | W. Buckland | Collection dates: | 1820s |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Swanwich Iguanodon | ||
| Database number: | 52298 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-03 08:03:06 | Last modified: | 2018-01-26 17:13:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-03 08:03:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17008. | W. Buckland. 1829. On the discovery of the bones of the Iguanodon, and other large reptiles, in the Isle of Wight and Isle of Purbeck. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 1(13):159-160 [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] |
| 64584 | G. A. Mantell. 1847. Geological Excursions Round the Isle of Wight and Along the Adjacent Coast of Dorsetshire; Illustrative of the Most Interesting Geological Phenomena and Organic Remains xiii-430 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 14067 | ETE | R. Owen. 1874. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck formations. Supplement no. V. Dinosauria (Iguanodon). [Wealden and Purbeck.]. The Palaeontographical Society, London 1873:1-18 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |