Weymouth sauropod (3) (BMNH): Late/Upper Kimmeridgian, United Kingdom
collected by J. C. Mansel-Pleydell 1878
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Ornithopsis humerocristatus
(Lydekker 1888)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH 49165 | ||||||||||
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= Ornithopsis ? leedsi
Hulke 1887
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Delair 1960 | |||||||||
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= Brachiosauridae indet.
Riggs 1904
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Blows 1995 | |||||||||
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= Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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Barrett et al. 2010 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
| Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 2.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.3° North, 7.6° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 152.20000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kimmeridge Clay | Member: | Lower |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | J. C. Mansel-Pleydell | Collection dates: | 1878 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96469 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-06-08 13:58:31 | Last modified: | 2011-10-18 15:11:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-06-08 13:58:31 |
| 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:
| 38206 | P. M. Barrett, R. B. J. Benson, and P. Upchurch. 2010. Dinosaurs of Dorset: Part II, the sauropod dinosaurs (Saurischia, Sauropoda) with additional comments of the theropods. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 131:113-126 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 17003 | ETE | W. T. Blows. 1995. The Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid dinosaurs Ornithopsis and Eucamerotus from the Isle of Wight, England. Palaeontology 38(1):187-197 [M. Carrano/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] |