Selsly Hill (BMNH): Bajocian, United Kingdom
collected by A. Woodward
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Megalosauridae
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Megalosaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| tooth; BMNH R.497 | ||||||||||
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= Megalosaurus bucklandi
Mantell 1827
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Lydekker 1888 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Megalosaurus bucklandii | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Gloucestershire |
| Coordinates: | 51.7° North, 2.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.9° North, 8.4° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Bajocian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Bajocian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 170.90000 - 168.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Inferior Oolite |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collectors: | A. Woodward |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Selbsy, Selsby | ||
| Database number: | 52541 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-10 13:25:13 | Last modified: | 2023-08-25 16:01:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-10 13:25:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14134. | ETE | R. Owen. 1857. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Part III. Dinosauria (Megalosaurus). [Wealden]. The Palaeontographical Society, London 9:1-26 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |
| 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] |
| 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] | |
| 85721 | R. Owen. 1860. Palaeontology or a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their Geological Relations 1-420 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |