Stonesfield Slate quarries: Middle Bathonian, United Kingdom
collected by W. Buckland, Masson, Enniskillen 1790, 1818–1824, 1880

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
Paton 1975 1 specimen
Oolithes sphaericus n. sp. Carruthers 1871
Carruthers 1871 3 specimens
eggs
Abelisauroidea indet. Bonaparte 1991
Ezcurra and Agnolín 2012 1 specimen
MB.R.2351, distal tibia
    = Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Rauhut 2012
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Seeley 1900 1 specimen
humerus of "modern type"
    = Crateropteryx colei n. gen., n. sp. Seeley 1900
Van Den Broeck 1900
Reptilia - Avetheropoda
Megalosaurus sp. Parkinson 1822
Buckland 1824 1 specimen
"a young megalosaur"; BMNH R83
    = Iliosuchus incognitus n. gen., n. sp. Huene 1932
Huene 1932
nomen dubium belonging to Avetheropoda
Reptilia - Megalosauridae
Megalosaurus n. gen. sp. Parkinson 1822
Buckland 1824
OUM, BMNH, and RCS collections (6 measurements)
    = Megalosaurus bucklandii n. sp. Mantell 1827
Owen 1857
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834
Paton 1975 9 specimens
limb bones, incl. NMS 1969.32.1
Reptilia - Rhamphorhynchidae
Pterodactylus bucklandi n. sp. Meyer 1832
Huxley 1859
recombined as Rhamphocephalus bucklandi
holotype plus "Hundreds of isolated bones, representing all parts of the skeleton"
Pterodactylus kiddi n. sp. Owen 1874
Owen 1874 1 specimen
synonym of Rhamphocephalus bucklandi
Pterodactylus duncani n. sp. Owen 1874
Owen 1874 1 specimen
synonym of Rhamphocephalus bucklandi
Pterodactylus aclandi n. sp. Owen 1874
Owen 1874 1 specimen
synonym of Rhamphocephalus bucklandi
Reptilia
cf. Gnathosaurus sp. Meyer 1833
Buffetaut and Jeffrey 2012 1 specimen
OUM J.01419, anterior end of lower jaw; orig. ID as Teleosaurus
Reptilia - Teleosauridae
? Teleosaurus sp. Geoffroy 1825
Owen 1854 1 specimen
dermal scute (RCS)
Teleosaurus geoffroyi Deslongchamps 1868
Phizackerley 1951 1 specimen
OUM J 1421: Part of the symphysis and rami of the lower jaw
Reptilia
Protochelys blakii n. sp. (Mackie 1863)
Anquetin and Claude 2008
nomen dubium belonging to Testudinata
Holotype BMNH 37979 etc
Protochelys n. gen. stricklandi (Phillips 1871)
Lydekker 1889 10 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Testudinata
BMNH 37218, 37218a, R247, R247a, 37218b, R247b, 39198, 39198a, 37979, R896; arbitrarily assigned to Stonesfield site 1 (they are from Stonesfield)
Tritylodontidae
Stereognathus ooliticus n. gen., n. sp. Charlesworth 1854
Owen 1871
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Simpson 1928 4 specimens
BMNH 32752, 48250, M13126 (right femora); M13127 (right humerus)
Mammalia - Amphitheriidae
Amphitherium prevostii n. gen., n. sp. von Meyer 1832
Owen 1871 3 specimens
Amphitherium arbitrarily assigned to Stonesfield site 1 (it is from Stonesfield); BMNH 36822; OUMNH specimens J.20.074, J.20.075, J.20.076 (partial mandibles described by Butler & Clemens 2001))
Amphitherium rixoni n. sp. Butler and Clemens 2001
Butler and Clemens 2001 1 specimen
BMNH 36822, holotype right dentary
Mammalia - Amphilestidae
Amphitherium broderipii n. sp. Owen 1846
Owen 1871 3 specimens
recombined as Amphilestes broderipii
Left mandibles (Yorkshire Museum holotype; and Oxford University Museum (OUMNH) speciems) and a right mandible (OUMNH)
Didelphys bucklandi n. sp. Broderip 1828
Owen 1871 4 specimens
recombined as Phascolotherium bucklandi
BMNH 112, M7595 (right mandible); and OUMNH left ramus
Chondrichthyes - Psammodontiformes - Psammodontidae
Psammodus rugosus Agassiz 1836
Owen 1854 1 specimen
tooth (RCS)
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Asteracanthus remiradiatus
Owen 1854 1 specimen
dorsal spine (RCS)
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus reticulatus Agassiz 1837
Owen 1854 1 specimen
two portions of a dermal spine (RCS)
unclassified
Leptacanthus semistriatus Agassiz 1836
Owen 1854 1 specimen
dorsal spine (RCS)
Pristacanthus securis Agassiz 1837
Owen 1854 1 specimen
dorsal spine (RCS)
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Oxfordshire
Coordinates: 51.9° North, 1.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.5° North, 8.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:120 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bathonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Middle Bathonian
Age range of interval:168.20000 - 165.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Great Oolite Formation:Taynton Limestone Member:Stonesfield Slates
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ooidal sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Disassociated major elements:all
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:salvage,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:W. Buckland, Masson, Enniskillen Collection dates:1790s, 1818–1824, 1880
Metadata
Database number:59357
Authorizer:M. Carrano, R. Benson Enterer:M. Carrano, R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-03-28 07:27:39 Last modified:2021-12-06 11:42:36
Access level:the public Released:2006-03-28 07:27:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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Secondary references:

63618 Anonymous. 1828. Oxfordshire. New Monthly Magazine 24(89):229 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
44047 J. Anquetin and J. Claude. 2008. Reassessment of the oldest British turtle: Protochelys from the Middle Jurassic Stonesfield Slate of Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, UK. Geodiversitas 30(2):331-344 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
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64174 W. Buckland. 1858. The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as Manifested in the Creation. Treatise IV. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology. 3rd Edition 1:lxxxiii-542 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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59224 W. Carruthers. 1871. On some supposed vegetable fossils. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 27:443-448 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55027 M. D. Ezcurra and F. L. Agnolín. 2012. An abelisauroid dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Laurasia and its implications on theropod palaeobiogeography and evolution. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 123:500-507 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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29483ETE F. v. Huene. 1932. Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte [The fossil reptile order Saurischia, their development and history]. Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie, serie 1 4(1-2):1-361 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30954 T. H. Huxley. 1859. On Rhamphorhynchus bucklandi a new pterosaurian from the Stonesfield Slate. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 15:658-670 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
41531 R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia 1-239 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen]
63762 G. A. Mantell. 1854. The Medals of Creation; or, First Lessions in Geology, and the Study of Organic Remains 2:447-930 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
21694 S. Melmore. 1946. Catalogue of types and figured specimens in the Geological Department of the Yorkshire Museum. The North Western Naturalist 20(3/4):207-221 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Carrano]
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55639 R. L. Paton. 1975. A Catalogue of Fossil Vertebrates in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. Part Four / Amphibia & Reptilia. Royal Scottish Museum Information Series. Geology 5 1-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
50075 P. H. Phizackerley. 1951. A revision of the Teleosauridae in the Oxford University Museum and the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(4):1170-1192 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
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64081 A. L. L. Seitz. 1907. Vergleichende Studien über den mikroskopischen Knochenbau fossiler und rezenter Reptilien und dessen Bedeutung für das Wachstum und Umbildung des Knochengewebes im allgemeinen [Comparative studies on the microscopic bone structure of fossil and recent reptiles and its importance for the growth and remodeling of bone tissue in general]. Nova Acta. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher 87(2):228-370 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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