Isle of Wight (general): Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian, United Kingdom
collected by W. Fox
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Ornithocheirus sp.
Seeley 1869
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Lydekker 1888 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| BMNH R.558, partial humerus | ||||||||||
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Thecospondylus daviesi n. gen., n. sp.
Seeley 1888
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Seeley 1888 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Ornithomimosauria | ||||||||||
| BMNH R181 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Compsognathidae
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Poikilopleuron pusillus n. sp.
Owen 1876
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Owen 1849 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Aristosuchus pusillus | ||||||||||
| BMNH R178 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Calamospondylus oweni n. gen., n. sp.
Fox 1866
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Coelurosauria | ||||||||||
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Calamospondylus foxi n. gen., n. sp.
Lydekker 1889
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Lydekker 1889 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Calamosaurus foxi | ||||||||||
| BMNH R901 | ||||||||||
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Tretosternon punctatum
Owen 1842
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Lydekker 1889 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Testudinata | ||||||||||
| BMNH R171x (left epiplastral), R171y (left hypoplastral) (Fox Collection) | ||||||||||
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Tretosternum sp.
(Owen 1842)
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Lydekker and Boulenger 1887 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| BMNH R171 (Fox Collection); Locality given as ‘Wealden of the Isle of Wight’ (Lydekker 1889, p. 141), but Lydekker & Boulenger (1887, p. 273) gave as 'Wealden of Brook, Isle of Wight'; Milner (2011) gave locality as ' Brighstone Bay, Isle of Wight' | ||||||||||
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= Tretosternon punctatum
Owen 1842
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Joyce et al. 2011 | |||||||||
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= Helochelydra nopcsai n. gen., n. sp.
Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1999
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Joyce et al. 2011 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Isle of Wight |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 1.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.8° North, 9.4° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Barremian | ||
| Key time interval: | Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 125.77000 - 119.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wealden | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "This material cannot be satisfactorily assigned to a Wealden Group horizon" (Sweetman & Martill 2010) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collectors: | W. Fox |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92917 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, M. Carrano, R. Benson, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | R. Butler, M. Carrano, R. Benson, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-12-08 09:10:10 | Last modified: | 2023-10-13 14:12:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-12-08 09:10:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17375. | ETE | W. Fox. 1866. [Another new Wealden saurian]. The Athenaeum 2014:740 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 39848 | W. G. Joyce, S. D. Chapman, R. T. J. Moody and C. A. Walker. 2011. The skull of the solemydid turtle Helochelydra nopcsai from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight (UK) and a review of Solemydidae. Special Papers in Palaeontology 86:75-97 [R. Benson/R. Benson/D. Nicholson] | |
| 14142 | ETE | R. Lydekker. 1888. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London 1-309 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |
| 41531 | R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia 1-239 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen] | |
| 14157 | ETE | R. Lydekker. 1889. On a coeluroid dinosaur from the Wealden. Geological Magazine, decade 3 4(297):119-121 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 41529 | R. Lydekker and G. A. Boulenger. 1887. Notes on Chelonia from the Purbeck, Wealden and London-Clay. Geological Magazine 4:270-275 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 41565 | A. R. Milner. 2011. Turtles. Palaeontological Association Field Guide to Fossils 14:295-304 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 86089 | D. Naish, S. Hutt, and D. M. Martill. 2001. Saurischian dinosaurs 2: theropods. In D. M. Martill & D. Naish (ed.), Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight. Palaeontological Association Field Guides to Fossils 10:242-309 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 67602 | R. Owen. 1849. A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part I. 1-328 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen] | |
| 24474 | ETE | H. G. Seeley. 1888. On Thecospondylus daviesi (Seeley), with some remarks on the Classification of the Dinosauria. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 44:79-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 34541 | S. C. Sweetman and D. M. Martill. 2010. Pterosaurs of the Wessex Formation (Earl Cretaceous, Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England: a review with new data. Journal of Iberian Geology 36(2):225-242 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |