Hare Farm Lane, Brede: Early/Lower Valanginian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Neomiodontidae
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Neomiodon medius
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Gastropoda
- Viviparidae
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Viviparus sp.
Montfort 1810
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Reptilia
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Iguanodon fittoni
Lydekker 1889
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Hypselospinus fittoni | ||||||||||
BMNHR1627 | ||||||||||
Iguanodon sp.
Mantell 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
HASTMEJB3 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Spinosauridae
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Suchosaurus sp.
Owen 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Baryonychinae | ||||||||||
BMNHR4415 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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Goniopholis crassidens
Owen 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
BMNHR3373 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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Lepidotus sp.
(Agassiz 1832)
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original and current combination Lepidotes | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | East Sussex |
Coordinates: | 50.9° North, 0.6° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 41.8° North, 10.2° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Valanginian | ||
Age range of interval: | 140.20000 - 136.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Wealden | Formation: | Wadhurst Clay | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: between the Top Ashdown Pebble Bed and the Brede Equisetum lyelli Soil Bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | bioturbation argillaceous sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | siltstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "The bone bed comprises thin lenticles of buff sand...the lenticles cut across the current-bedding of the surrounding siltstone and shales...the buff sand constituting bone-bed is non-pebbly, rather argillaceous and poorly sorted and alwas contains bivalve casts" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Size sorting: | very poor |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Taxonomic list comments:BMNH and HASTM specimens are labelled 'Brede' and may or may not be from this location |
Metadata
Also known as: | Brede bonebed | ||
Database number: | 58094 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-01-18 12:16:29 | Last modified: | 2022-02-14 10:58:29 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-01-18 12:16:29 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
15587. | ETE | M. J. Benton and P. S. Spencer. 1995. Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain. Chapman & Hall, London 1-386 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/J. Tennant] |