Lock's Quarry, Langton Matravers: Late/Upper Berriasian, United Kingdom
collected by E. Oppé, J. Delair 1967

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Megalosauridae indet. (Fitzinger 1843)
2 individuals
trackways; 24 tracks in total
    = Megalosaurus sp. Parkinson 1822
Walkden and Oppé 1969
    = Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Carrano et al. 2012
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Dorset
Coordinates: 50.6° North, 2.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.5° North, 7.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Berriasian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1
Key time interval:Late/Upper Berriasian
Age range of interval:140.60000 - 139.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Purbeck Formation:Durlston Member:Stair Hole
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: in the "pink bed" of the Roach Stone = bed 50d of Damon's Purbeck strata, which probably = Durlston Fm., Intermarine Mb.
Durlston Formation is likely upper Berriasian in age based on magnetostratigraphy (Ogg et al. 1994; Ogg et al. 2008) and correlates to other upper Berriasian assemblages in Europe (e.g. Wimbledon and Hunt 1993).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Associated major elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:E. Oppé, J. Delair Collection dates:June 1967
Collection method comments: collected by Royal Scottish Museum
Metadata
Database number:80383
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-04-16 14:19:37 Last modified:2022-10-13 14:37:13
Access level:the public Released:2008-04-16 14:19:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
54106. J. B. Delair and A. B. Lander. 1973. A short history of the discovery of reptilian footprints in the Purbeck Beds of Dorset, with notes on their stratigraphical distribution. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 94:17-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

41617 M. T. Carrano, R. B. J. Benson, and S. D. Sampson. 2012. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2):211-300 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
27037ETE J. B. Delair. 1982. Multiple dinosaur trackways from the Isle of Purbeck. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 102:65-67 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
27782ETE J. B. Delair and W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1985. History and bibliography of the study of fossil vertebrate footprints in the British Isles: supplement 1973–1983. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 49:123-160 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
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]