Swyre, Dorset (UCL): Late/Upper Bathonian, United Kingdom
collected 1976
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Ornithischia
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Ornithischia indet.
Seeley 1888
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Reptilia
- Fabrosauridae
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"Fabrosauridae" indet.
Galton 1972
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= ? Fabrosauridae indet.
Galton 1972
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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Goniopholidae indet.
(Cope 1875)
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original and current combination Goniopholididae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Reptilia
- Choristodera
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Choristodera indet.
Cope 1876
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Reptilia
- Cteniogenyidae
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Cteniogenys sp.
Gilmore 1928
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Reptilia
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Lepidosauromorpha indet.
Benton 1983
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Lepidosauromorpha informal indet. A
Benton 1983
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"Kirtlington Reptile A" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Sphenodontia
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Sphenodontia indet.
(Jaekel 1910)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Cryptodira indet.
Cope 1868
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Therapsida indet.
Broom 1905
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Tritylodontidae
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Tritylodontidae indet.
Cope 1884
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Stereognathus sp.
Charlesworth 1854
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpetontidae indet.
Fox and Naylor 1982
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Caudata informal indet. A
Scopoli 1777
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"Kirtlington Salamander A" | ||||||||||
Marmorerpeton sp.
Evans et al. 1988
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Discoglossidae
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Eodiscoglossus sp.
Villalta 1957
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= Discoglossidae indet.
Günther 1859
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 2.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.2° North, 8.1° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
Stage: | Bathonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 4 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Bathonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 167.70000 - 164.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Great Oolite | Formation: | Forest Marble |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "cross stratification" "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "cross-bedded calcirudite sequences with fine seams (1-2 cm) of grits and clay grits" | |
Environment: | crevasse splay |
Geology comments: Paleoenvironment is similar to that at Watton |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 1976 |
Metadata
Database number: | 57125 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-12-02 11:21:51 | Last modified: | 2014-07-25 10:00:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-12-02 11:21:51 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31250. | ETE | S. E. Evans. 1992. Small reptiles and amphibians from the Forest Marble (Middle Jurassic) of Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 113:201-202 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
10557 | ETE | S. E. Evans and A. R. Milner. 1994. Middle Jurassic microvertebrate assemblages from the British Isles. In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods, N. C. Fraser and H.-D. Sues (eds.), Cambridge University Press 303-321 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
52039 | J. D. Gardner and M. Böhme. 2008. Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary albanerpetontids. In J. T. Sankey & S. Baszio (ed.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography 178-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |