Brixton Bay (Fox collection) (Cretaceous to of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Brighstone

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 9.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wessex Formation (Wealden Group), Hauterivian to Hauterivian (132.9 - 125.0 Ma)

• presumed Wessex Fm.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by W. Fox; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: R. Owen. 1864. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck formations. Supplement no. III. Dinosauria (Iguanodon). [Wealden.]. 16:19-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 52576: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.08.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Iguanodon cf. bernissartensis4, Iguanodontoidea indet.2
Iguanodon cf. bernissartensis4 Boulenger 1881 ornithopod
BMNH R120a, b, c
Iguanodontoidea indet.2 Hay 1902 ornithopod
jaw; BMNH R.180
 Saurischia - Brachiosauridae
Ornithopsis eucamerotus n. gen. n. sp.3
Ornithopsis eucamerotus n. gen. n. sp.3 Hulke 1882 brachiosaurid
BMNH R12713
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Oolithes obtusatus n. sp.1
Oolithes obtusatus n. sp.1 Carruthers 1871 reptile
1Carruthers 1871; 2Galton 2009; 3Naish and Martill 2001; 4Naish and Martill 2001