Charnel, : Early Kimmeridgian, United Kingdom
collected by S. Etches
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| Etches collection K 96, two cervical vertebrae, dorsal vertebra, radius and ulna, wing phalanx, tibia | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
| Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 2.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.5° North, 13.5° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early Kimmeridgian | Ammonoid zone: | eudoxus |
| Age range of interval: | 154.8 - 152.21 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kimmeridge Clay | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 5 m below the Flats Stone Band | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: "The Quarternary examples used as the basis for our Kimmeridgian depositional model represent deep water oceanic environments, whereas the Kimmeridge Clay was deposited in a shallower shelf regime" (Tyson et al. 1979) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | S. Etches |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92095 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | F. Villegas-Garin | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-29 09:08:03 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-29 09:08:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31009. | D. M. Unwin. 1988. A new pterosaur from the Kimmeridge Clay of Kimmeridge, Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural Hisory and Archaeological Society 109:150-153 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 63891 | R. V. Tyson, W. O. Wilson, and C. Downie. 1979. A stratified water column environmental model for the type Kimmeridge Clay. Nature 277(5695):377-380 [M. Uhen/F. Villegas-Garin] |