Malton: Late/Upper Oxfordian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Megalosauridae
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Megalosaurus bucklandi
(Mantell 1827)
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| original and current combination Megalosaurus bucklandii | ||||||||||
| "Yorkshire Museum"; teeth | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Metriorhynchidae
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Metriorhynchidae indet.
Fitzinger 1843
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Young 2013 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| Teeth: NHMUK PV OR36336-NHMUK PV OR36339 (from Malton in Yorkshire) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Pliosauridae
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Pliosaurus sp.
(Owen 1841)
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Paton 1975 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Pliosaurus grossouvrei
(Sauvage 1873)
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Lydekker 1889 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
| Teeth: BMNH 36335 and 36335a–e, purchased 1862 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus grossiconus
Agassiz 1839
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Owen 1854 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Orthybodus grossiconus | ||||||||||
| tooth (RCS0 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Yorkshire |
| Coordinates: | 54.1° North, 0.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.8° North, 8.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oxfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 157.90000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ooidal "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate 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 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91991 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-26 20:06:18 | Last modified: | 2017-11-06 11:16:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-26 20:06:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14071. | ETE | R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 33960 | R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia [M. Carrano/H. Street/R. Benson] | |
| 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] | |
| 9842 | R. Owen. 1854. Descriptive catalogue of the Fossil organic remains of Reptilia and Pisces contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London 1-184 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 14134 | ETE | R. Owen. 1857. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Part III. Dinosauria (Megalosaurus). [Wealden]. The Palaeontographical Society, London 9:1-26 [M. Carrano/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] | |
| 21995 | J. Phillips. 1875. In R. Etheridge (ed.), Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or, a Description of the Strata and Organic Remains. Part 1. — The Yorkshire Coast. 3rd edition. John Murray, London 1-354 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Carrano] | |
| 44440 | M. T. Young. 2013. Filling the ‘Corallian Gap’: re-description of a metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of Headington, England. Historical Biology [R. Benson/R. Benson] |