Weymouth stegosaur (BMNH): Callovian, United Kingdom
collected 1867

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Dinosauria
? Omosaurus sp. Owen 1875
1 specimen
BMNH 40517
    = Dacentrurus sp. Lucas 1902
Delair 1960
    = Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842
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:

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]
29301ETE 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]
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]