western extremity, St. Leonard's: Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian, United Kingdom
collected by W. Parish 1832
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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| "other saurians" | ||||||||||
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Iguanodon sp.
Mantell 1825
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus fittonii
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | East Sussex |
| Coordinates: | 50.9° North, 0.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.8° North, 10.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 140.60000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wealden |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a layer of very compact conglomerate varying from 1 inch to 3 inches in thickness, and forming a crust upon a stratum of sandstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | W. Parish | Collection dates: | 1832 |
| Collection method comments: collection made in summer, 1832; reported 1833 and published in 1838 volume. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | St Leonards | ||
| Database number: | 168982 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-05-04 11:34:21 | Last modified: | 2017-11-07 17:00:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-05-04 11:34:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55214. | W. Parish. 1838. [A collection of fossils made by Mr. Parish during the last summer at St. Leonard's]. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2:3 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 63768 | G. A. Mantell. 1850. A Pictorial Atlas of Fossil Remains 1-207 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/A. Srogota] |