Studley Grange landfill site: Early Kimmeridgian, United Kingdom
collected 2006
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Metriorhynchidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| MJML K1863, three-dimensionally preserved skull (lacking most of the rostrum), the posterior half of the left mandibular ramus, and seven isolated teeth found in close association with the skull. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Wiltshire | County: | Swindon |
| Coordinates: | 51.4° North, 1.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.2° North, 13.8° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early Kimmeridgian | Ammonoid zone: | Pictonia baylei |
| Age range of interval: | 154.8 - 152.21 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kimmeridge Clay | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower part of Formation, sob-boreal ammonite zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "carbonate" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: Tidal, open-shelf environment | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,concretion |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 2006 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Torvoneustes coryphaeus type locality | ||
| Database number: | 152924 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-12-03 12:06:06 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-12-03 12:06:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 49281. | M. T. Young, M. B. de Andrade, S. Etches and B. L. Beatty. 2013. A new metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Lower Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Late Jurassic of England), with implications for the evolution of dermatocranium ornamentation in Geosaurini. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169:820-848 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |