Weymouth stegosaur (BMNH): Callovian, United Kingdom
collected 1867
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Dinosauria
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? Omosaurus sp.
Owen 1875
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1 specimen | |||||||||
BMNH 40517 | ||||||||||
= Dacentrurus sp.
Lucas 1902
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Delair 1960 | |||||||||
= Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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Maidment et al. 2008 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 2.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.4° North, 8.2° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
Key time interval: | Callovian | ||
Age range of interval: | 166.10000 - 163.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Oxford Clay |
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: | macrofossils |
Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | BMNH | Collection dates: | 1867 |
Metadata
Database number: | 52636 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-08-12 08:55:01 | Last modified: | 2009-11-20 16:07:35 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-12 08:55:01 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |
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] |
29301 | ETE | S. C. R. Maidment, D. B. Norman, P. M. Barrett and P. Upchurch. 2008. Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(4):367-407 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
30971 | ETE | 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] |