Bedford stegosaur (BMNH) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.1° N, 0.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Peterborough Member (Oxford Clay Formation), Middle Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• probably Jason Zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Graham in the 1880s; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 52635: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.08.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Lexovisaurus durobrivensis Hulke 1887 ornithischian
BMNH R.584