St. Ives ankylosaur (SMC J.46884): Middle Callovian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Sarcolestes leedsi
Lydekker 1893
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| SMC J.46884a, b | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Cambridgeshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.3° North, 0.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.5° North, 9.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 27 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Callovian | Ammonoid zone: | Kosmoceras jasoni |
| Age range of interval: | 165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Ancholme | Formation: | Oxford Clay |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 47625 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-02-28 12:05:38 | Last modified: | 2019-05-02 13:07:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-02-28 12:05:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12771. | ETE | P. M. Galton. 1983. Sarcolestes leedsi Lydekker, an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of England. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1983(3):141-155 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 25616 | ETE | P. M. Galton. 1983. Armored dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Middle and Upper Jurassic of Europe. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 182(1-3):1-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |