Hakesbourne Pit, Rusper (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Hawksbourne

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 9.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grinstead Clay Member (Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation), Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Holmes

Primary reference: R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 222518: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.09.2021

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Megalosauridae
"Megalosaurus" sp. Parkinson 1822 tetanuran theropod
 Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
Hylaeosaurus sp. Mantell 1833 ankylosaur
 Ornithischia -
Euornithopoda indet. Sereno 1986 ornithopod
femur, BMB 004187
 Ornithischia - Dryosauridae
Valdosaurus sp. Galton 1977 ornithopod
femur, Holmes 276-279,
 Ornithischia -
Iguanodon sp. Mantell 1825 ornithopod
 Loricata - Goniopholididae
Goniopholis crassidens Owen 1842 crocodilian