SW Isle of Wight, Lower Lobster Beds: Early/Lower Aptian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Sandownidae
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Sandownia harrisi n. gen., n. sp.
Meylan et al. 2000
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Meylan et al. 2000 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| almost complete skull and lower jaw, MIWG 3480, and a prepreparation cast, BMNH R 8990; collected by Mr. R.W. Harris | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Deshayesitidae
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Deshayesites punfieldensis
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| subsp. serpentinus | ||||||||||
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Deshayesites mirabilis
Casey 1963
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| synonym of Deshayesites deshayesi | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 1.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.7° North, 9.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Barremian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Aptian | Ammonoid zone: | Deshayesites forbesi |
| Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 119.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Lower Greensand | Formation: | Atherfield Clay | Member: | Lower Lobster |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: forbesi zone, kiliani subzone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: no information given | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 77953 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, R. Benson | Enterer: | U. Merkel, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-24 02:51:40 | Last modified: | 2019-05-09 14:20:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-24 02:51:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26302. | 1% 12040 | R. Casey. 1980. The Ammonoidea of the Lower Greensand, part IX. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 133:633-660 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 41981 | P. A. Meylan, R. T. J. Moody, C. A. Walker and S. D. Chapman. 2000. Sandownia harrisi, a highly derived trionychoid turtle (Testudines: Cryptodira) from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight, England. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):522-532 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |