Greenhill, Sherborne (BMNH): Late/Upper Bajocian, United Kingdom
collected by E. Cleminshaw 1882

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Megalosauridae
Megalosaurus bucklandi (Mantell 1827)
1 individual
BMNH R.332
    = Megalosaurus hesperis n. sp. Waldman 1974
Waldman 1974
recombined as Duriavenator hesperis
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Dorset
Coordinates: 51.0° North, 2.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.0° North, 8.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:130 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bajocian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Late/Upper Bajocian Ammonoid zone: Parkinsonia parkinsoni
Age range of interval:168.60000 - 168.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Inferior Oolite Formation:Upper Inferior Oolite
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of formation, Parkinsonia parkinsoni Zone, Garantiana garantiana subzone; also called the "freestone" of the Inferior Oolite
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ooidal grainstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:all
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,salvage,selective quarrying,chemical,mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collectors:E. Cleminshaw Collection dates:1882
Metadata
Database number:52319
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-08-03 10:55:34 Last modified:2017-07-31 15:54:51
Access level:the public Released:2005-08-03 10:55:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
14070.ETE R. Owen. 1883. On the skull of Megalosaurus. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 39:334-337 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

28578ETE R. B. J. Benson. 2008. A redescription of 'Megalosaurus' hesperis (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Inferior Oolite (Bajocian, Middle Jurassic) of Dorset, United Kingdom. Zootaxa 1931:57-67 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
31205ETE 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]
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]
14128ETE F. v. Huene. 1926. The carnivorous Saurischia in the Jura and Cretaceous formations, principally in Europe. Revista del Museo de La Plata 29:35-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
62921 J. W. Hulke. 1884. The anniversary address of the President. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 40:37-57 [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]
14127ETE M. Waldman. 1974. Megalosaurids from the Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of Dorset. Palaeontology 17(2):325-339 [M. Carrano/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]