Town Gardens Quarry, Swindon: Berriasian, United Kingdom
collected by C. Moore 1876

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Charales - Characea
Chara sp. Linnaeus 1753
"at least two species"
Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cytherea sp. Lamarck 1808
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Valvatidae
Valvata sp. Müller 1774
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Physidae
Physa sp. Draparnaud 1801
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis sp. Muller 1774
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
"possibly two distinct genera"
Paralestes sp.
Flabularia sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae
Cypris sp. Müller 1776
"four or five species"
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinites sp. Blumenbach 1804
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotus sp. (Agassiz 1832)
Reptilia - Goniopholididae
Macellodus brodiei Owen 1854
Goniopholis crassidens Owen 1842
Reptilia
Dacentrurus armatus (Marsh 1877)
Delair 1973 3 specimens
BMNH 47329; OUM 1644-1645
    = Stegosauria indet. Marsh 1877
Delair 1993
"gen. nov."
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Nuthetes sp. Owen 1854
Reptilia - Cetiosauridae
Megalosauroidea indet. Nopcsa 1928
1 specimen
"the tooth of a megalosauroid reptile, apparently allied to the Cetiosauri"
    = Cetiosauridae indet. Lydekker 1888
Boulger 1876
Reptilia - Sauria
Sauria indet. MacCartney 1802
Delair 1993
fragments, GSM
Reptilia - Ichthyosauridae
"Ichthyosaurus" sp. Koenig 1818
Delair 1993
centra, GSM
Reptilia - Paramacellodidae
Saurillus sp. Owen 1855
Mammalia - Spalacotheriidae
Spalacotherium sp. Owen 1854
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Plagiaulacidae
Plagiaulax sp. Falconer 1857
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
"the oldest known true frog"
unclassified
Limnaea sp. Lamarck 1799
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Wiltshire
Coordinates: 51.6° North, 1.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.4° North, 8.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Berriasian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 1
Key time interval: Berriasian
Age range of interval: 145 - 139.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Purbeck
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: upper Purbeck "pebbly beds", although orig. reference suggests Middle Purbecks, also called the "Dirt-Bed"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lime mudstone
Secondary lithology: carbonaceous marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "...a series of chalky-looking limestones, in which may be observed one or two darkish bands, something akin to the dirt-beds of the coast districts. These black bands are earthy carbonaceous marls and loose grits."
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: "freshwater marls and limestones"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:all
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:C. Moore Collection dates:1876
Metadata
Also known as:Great Quarry
Database number:77058
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-12-18 14:24:09 Last modified:2015-05-14 10:28:57
Access level:the public Released:2007-12-18 14:24:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
47413. W. H. Hudleston. 1876. Excursion to Swindon and Faringdon. June 5th (Whit-Monday), and following day. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 4:543-554 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

55303 G. S. Boulger. 1876. Note on a cetiosauroid tooth (exhibited on the 25th of April, 1876, at the West London Scientific Association). Proceedings of the West London Scientific Association and Field Club 1:99-100 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
26086ETE J. B. Delair. 1973. The dinosaurs of Wiltshire. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 68:1-7 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
31457ETE J. B. Delair. 1993. Reptilia from the Portland Stone (Upper Jurassic) of England: a preliminary survey of the material and the literature. Modern Geology 18:331-348 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]