Fleet, Wyke Regis: Early Kimmeridgian, United Kingdom
collected by A. J. Brokenshire 1993
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| AJBC3573 | ||||||||||
| Benson and Barrett 2009 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
| Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 2.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° North, 13.3° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| 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: | Rasenia cymodoce |
| Age range of interval: | 154.8 - 152.21 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kimmeridge Clay | Member: | Lower | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Cymodoce Zone, between Wyke Siltstone Band and Black Head Siltstone, closer to the former | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine argillaceous siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "fine-grained, clayey siltstone" | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | A. J. Brokenshire | Collection dates: | 1993 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92729 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-26 08:08:11 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-26 08:08:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31259. | ETE | A. J. Brokenshire and J. B. Clarke. 1994. Important recently collected dinosaurian remains from the Lower Kimmeridge Clay at Weymouth. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 115:177-178 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 31205 | ETE | R. B. J. Benson and P. M. Barrett. 2009. Dinosaurs of Dorset: part I, the carnivorous dinosaurs (Saurischia, Theropoda). Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 130:133-147 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 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] |