Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 1.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 35.8° N, 19.4° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Stonesfield Slates Member (Taynton Limestone Formation), Middle Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; ooidal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W. Buckland, Masson, Enniskillen in 1790s, 1818–1824, 1880
Collection methods: salvage, mechanical,
Primary reference: T. H. de la Beche and W. D. Conybeare. 1821. Notice of the discovery of a new Fossil Animal, forming a link between the Ichthyosaurus and the Crocodile, together with general remarks on the Osteology of the Ichthyosaurus. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 1 5:559-594 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59357: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.03.2006, edited by Roger Benson
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia indet.15 Linnaeus 1758 mammal BMNH 32752, 48250, M13126 (right femora); M13127 (right humerus)
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"Didelphys bucklandi n. sp." = Phascolotherium bucklandi10, "Amphitherium broderipii n. sp." = Amphilestes broderipii10
"Didelphys bucklandi n. sp." = Phascolotherium bucklandi10 Broderip 1828 mammal BMNH 112, M7595 (right mandible); and OUMNH left ramus
"Amphitherium broderipii n. sp." = Amphilestes broderipii10 Owen 1846 mammal Left mandibles (Yorkshire Museum holotype; and Oxford University Museum (OUMNH) speciems) and a right mandible (OUMNH)
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Amphitherium prevostii n. gen. n. sp.10 von Meyer 1832 mammal Amphitherium arbitrarily assigned to Stonesfield site 1 (it is from Stonesfield); BMNH 36822; OUMNH specimens J.20.074, J.20.075, J.20.076 (partial mandibles described by Butler & Clemens 2001))
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Stereognathus ooliticus n. gen. n. sp.10
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cf. Gnathosaurus sp.2 Meyer 1833 pterosaur OUM J.01419, anterior end of lower jaw; orig. ID as Teleosaurus
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"Pterodactylus bucklandi n. sp." = Rhamphocephalus bucklandi6, "Pterodactylus aclandi n. sp." = Rhamphocephalus bucklandi11, "Pterodactylus kiddi n. sp." = Rhamphocephalus bucklandi11, "Pterodactylus duncani n. sp." = Rhamphocephalus bucklandi11
"Pterodactylus bucklandi n. sp." = Rhamphocephalus bucklandi6 Meyer 1832 pterosaur holotype plus "Hundreds of isolated bones, representing all parts of the skeleton"
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Crateropteryx colei n. gen. n. sp.16
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Iliosuchus incognitus n. gen. n. sp.5
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Megalosaurus bucklandii n. sp.9
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Teleosaurus geoffroyi13 Deslongchamps 1868 marine crocodile OUM J 1421: Part of the symphysis and rami of the lower jaw
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"Protochelys stricklandi n. gen." = Testudo stricklandi7 Phillips 1871 turtle BMNH 37218, 37218a, R247, R247a, 37218b, R247b, 39198, 39198a, 37979, R896; arbitrarily assigned to Stonesfield site 1 (they are from Stonesfield)
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Oolithes sphaericus n. sp.4
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| Leptacanthus semistriatus | |
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| Pristacanthus securis | |
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