Lovell's Quarry, Langton Matravers (DB102) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 7.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Worbarrow Tout Member (Lulworth Formation), Middle Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• = Middle Purbeck Beds; equivalent to DB102

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve, ,

Primary reference: P. C. Ensom. 1988. Excavations at Sunnydown Farm, Langton Matravers, Dorset: amphibians discovered in the Purbeck Limestone Formation. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 109:148-150 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52312: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.08.2005, edited by John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia -
Sunnybatrachus purbeckensis2 Evans and McGowan 2002 frog
 Caudata -
Apricosiren sp.3 Evans and McGowan 2002 salamander
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
? Batrachosauroididae indet.3 Auffenberg 1958 salamander
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Celtedens cf. megacephalus4 Costa 1864 tetrapod
DORCM GS28
Reptilia
 Squamata -
 Squamata - Paramacellodidae
Becklesius sp.3 Estes 1983 squamates
Paramacellodus sp.3 Hoffstetter 1967 squamates
 Squamata -
Pseudosaurillus becklesi3 Hoffstetter 1967 squamates
DORCM GS114
 Squamata - Dorsetisauridae
Dorsetisaurus sp.3 Hoffstetter 1967 squamates
 Squamata -
Parasaurillus pseudobtusus3 Evans and Searle 2002 squamates
 Ornithischia - Heterodontosauridae
cf. Echinodon sp.5 Owen 1861 heterodontosaurid
teeth
Echinodon becklesii5 Owen 1861 heterodontosaurid
DORCM teeth
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet.1 Marsh 1878 sauropod
tracks
 Lepidosauria -
Rhynchocephalia indet.3 Günther 1867 rhynchocephalian