SZ 377840 Bernissartia locality (Wealden): Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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Lepidotes sp.
Agassiz 1832
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| among other "bony-fish" teeth | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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Goniopholis crassidens
Owen 1842
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Reptilia
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Bernissartia sp.
Dollo 1883
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Hypsilophodon sp.
Huxley 1870
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Megalosauridae indet.
(Fitzinger 1843)
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= Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Carrano 2025 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
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Elasmobranchii indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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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: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Barremian | ||
| *Period: | Early/Lower Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Neocomian |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 125.77000 - 119.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: Specimens were collected from "sediment" under a "large, flattened, lignified tree-trunk in the cliff-face." No other lithologic descriptions are provided. | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: "...teeth were found in freshwater deposits." | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,species names |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: "several thousand teeth" were collected. All specimens listed are teeth. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:"...first well-attested occurrence [of Bernissartia] in England..." | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Isle of Wight | ||
| Database number: | 13268 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | R. Whatley, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-02-08 16:52:43 | Last modified: | 2007-05-30 11:20:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-02-08 16:52:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4398. | 5% 33000 | E. Buffetaut and R. L. E. Ford. 1979. The crocodilian Bernissartia in the Wealden of the Isle of Wight . Palaeontology 22(4):905-912 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 14199 | ETE | M. T. Carrano. 2025. Taxonomic opinions on the Dinosauria. [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |