Nethercomb (OUM): Early/Lower Bajocian, United Kingdom
collected by W. Parker
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Megalosauridae
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Megalosaurus nethercombensis n. sp.
Huene 1923
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Magnosaurus nethercombensis | ||||||||||
| OUM J.12143 | ||||||||||
| 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: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Bajocian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Bajocian | Ammonoid zone: | Stephanoceras humpriesianum |
| Age range of interval: | 170.90000 - 168.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Inferior Oolite | Formation: | Middle Inferior Oolite | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: middle part of formation, Stephanoceras humpriesianum Zone & subzone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | W. Parker |
| Collection method comments: from Parker Collection (now at OUM) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Nethercombe | ||
| Database number: | 52530 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-10 12:26:22 | Last modified: | 2009-11-20 15:20:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-10 12:26:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16872. | ETE | F. v. Huene. 1923. Carnivorous Saurischia in Europe since the Triassic. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 34:449-458 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |
| 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] |
| 14128 | ETE | 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] |
| 16922 | ETE | F. v. Huene. 1926. On several known and unknown reptiles of the order Saurischia from England and France. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 17:473-489 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 14127 | ETE | M. Waldman. 1974. Megalosaurids from the Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of Dorset. Palaeontology 17(2):325-339 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |