Lavernock Point: Rhaetian, United Kingdom
collected by J. Storrie 1890
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Mastodonsaurus sp.
Jaeger 1828
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Trematosauridae
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Trematosaurus sp.
Burmeister 1849
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Reptilia
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Palaeosaurus sp.
Riley and Stutchbury 1836
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3 specimens | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Sphaerodus sp.
Agassiz 1833
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Wales | County: | Penarth |
Coordinates: | 51.4° North, 3.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.8° North, 0.5° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic |
Stage: | Rhaetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
Key time interval: | Rhaetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 208.5 - 201.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Mercia Mudstone | Formation: | Blue Anchor | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Sully Beds" = "Grey Marls" of the "Keuper Series"
fossils from 6 ft. below the Rhaetic |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | marl |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | J. Storrie | Collection dates: | 1890s |
Metadata
Database number: | 72293 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-05-30 14:49:46 | Last modified: | 2017-09-27 15:44:48 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-05-30 14:49:46 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
24497. | ETE | L. Richardson. 1905. The Rhaetic and contiguous deposits of Glamorganshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 61(243):385-424 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
63489 | A. H. Cox. 1920. The geology of the Cardiff District. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 31(2):45-75 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
37185 | S. Howe. 1994. Extracting dinosaur trackways: a Welsh experience. The Geological Curator 6(2):83-88 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |