Worbarrow Tout (WB113/114): Middle Berriasian, United Kingdom
collected by Ensom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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? Sauropoda indet.
(Marsh 1878)
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| "putative" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
| Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 2.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.5° North, 7.7° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Berriasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Berriasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 142.7 - 140.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Purbeck | Formation: | Lulworth | Member: | Worbarrow Tout |
| Local section: | Worbarrow Tout | Local bed: | WB113/114 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | Ensom |
Metadata
| Database number: | 94225 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-11 13:07:44 | Last modified: | 2013-06-24 17:00:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-11 13:07:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32041. | ETE | P. C. Ensom. 1995. Dinosaur footprint records for the Purbeck Limestone Group, Dorset, since 1981. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 116:151-152 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 38206 | P. M. Barrett, R. B. J. Benson, and P. Upchurch. 2010. Dinosaurs of Dorset: Part II, the sauropod dinosaurs (Saurischia, Sauropoda) with additional comments of the theropods. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 131:113-126 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |