"Wealden", 'Pterodactylus/Ornithocheirus nobilis' type site: Barremian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Pterodactylus nobilis n. sp.
Owen 1870
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Pterosauria | ||||||||||
| BMNH 36552 & 36552a (holotype), fragment of phalanx | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Isle of Wight |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 1.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.9° North, 9.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Barremian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Barremian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 125.77000 - 121.40000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 90307 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-07-16 07:03:36 | Last modified: | 2010-12-16 07:35:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-07-16 07:03:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30317. | S. C. B. Howse, A. R. Milner, and D. M. Martill. 2001. Pterosaurs. In D. M. Martill, D. Naish (eds.), Dinosaurs from the Isle of Wight, The Palaeontological Association, London 324-335 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 30320 | R. Owen. 1870. Monograph of the Fossil Reptilia of the Liassic Formations. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 27:41-81 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 34541 | S. C. Sweetman and D. M. Martill. 2010. Pterosaurs of the Wessex Formation (Earl Cretaceous, Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England: a review with new data. Journal of Iberian Geology 36(2):225-242 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |