Lavernock Point: Rhaetian, United Kingdom
collected by J. Storrie 1890

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Mastodonsaurus sp. Jaeger 1828
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae
Trematosaurus sp. Burmeister 1849
Reptilia
Palaeosaurus sp. Riley and Stutchbury 1836
3 specimens
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Sphaerodus sp. Agassiz 1833
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]