Bexhill cliff tracksite: Late Valanginian, United Kingdom
collected by S. H. Beckles
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Ornithoidichnites indet.
Hitchcock 1841
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6 individuals | |||||||||
| 60 tracks | ||||||||||
| Hay 1910 | ||||||||||
| Walkden and Oppé 1969 | ||||||||||
| Delair 1989 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | East Sussex |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 0.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.1° North, 20.7° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Late Valanginian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 137.05 - 132.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wealden | Formation: | Tunbridge Wells Sand | Member: | Lower |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Horsted Sand" = Tunbridge Wells | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | argillaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "shaly sandstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | S. H. Beckles |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Hastings | ||
| Database number: | 144975 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-24 09:08:05 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-24 09:08:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46921. | S. H. Beckles. 1854. On the Ornithoidichnites of the Wealden. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10:456-464 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 47230 | J. B. Delair. 1989. A history of dinosaur footprints discoveries in the British Wealden. In D. D. Gillette & M. G. Lockley (ed.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces 19-32 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55583 | O. P. Hay. 1910. On the manner of locomotion of the dinosaurs, especially Diplodocus, with remarks on the origin of birds. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 12(1):1-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 82858 | W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1974. A history and bibliography of the study of fossil vertebrate footprints in the British Isles. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 16:265-378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 81063 | G. M. Walkden and E. F. Oppé. 1969. In the footsteps of dinosaurs. The Amateur Geologist 111(2):19-35 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 68227 | T. C. Winkler. 1886. Histoire de l’Ichnologie. Étude Ichnologique sur les Empreintes de Pas d’Animaux Fossiles, Suivie de la Description des Plaques à Impressions d’Animaux qui se Trouvent au Musée Teyler [History of Ichnology. Ichnological Study of Fossil Animal Footprints, Followed by the Description of Slabs with Animal Impressions found in Teyler’s Museum] iv-200 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |