Tighe Farm: Early Valanginian, United Kingdom
collected by Dr. K.A. Kermack and P.M. Lees 1969
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| University College London W-12 (isolated premolar) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Dryolestidae
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
| University College London W-14 (holotype right upper molar), W-13 (right upper molar) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Kent |
| Coordinates: | 51.0° North, 0.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.3° North, 20.9° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Early Valanginian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 139.8 - 132.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wealden | Formation: | Wadhurst Clay | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Telham Pebble bed, from the lower part of the Wadhurst Clay | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | quartzose argillaceous conglomerate |
| Lithology description: Pebble bed, quartz grit with clay partings, broken and abraded vertebrate fossils present, friable to heavily indurated with ferruginous cement. | |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,chemical,mechanical,sieve | ||
| Collection size: | 175 | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Dr. K.A. Kermack and P.M. Lees | Collection dates: | 1969 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Tyghe Farm | ||
| Database number: | 117934 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-09-29 01:40:01 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-29 01:40:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39150. | W. A. Clemens and P. M. Lees. 1971. A review of English Early Cretaceous mammals. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(suppl. 1):117-130 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |
Secondary references:
| 78161 | D. J. Batten and P. A. Austen. 2011. The Wealden of south-east England. In D. J. Batten (ed.), English Wealden Fossils. The Palaeontological Association Field Guide to Fossils 14:15-51 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 37904 | S. E. Evans. 1994. A new anguimorph lizard from the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of England. Palaeontology 37(1):33-49 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |