Whitby theropod: Toarcian, United Kingdom
collected by Watson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Carnosauria indet.
Huene 1920
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| femur | ||||||||||
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= Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Naish and Martill 2007 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | North Yorkshire |
| Coordinates: | 54.5° North, 0.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.8° North, 19.7° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early Jurassic |
| Stage: | Toarcian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Toarcian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 184.2 - 174.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Lias | Formation: | Whitby Mudstone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: probably Whitby Mudstone based on geography; "Upper Lias" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | Watson |
Metadata
| Database number: | 52543 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-10 13:28:42 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-10 13:28:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14128. | ETE | F. v. Huene. 1926. The carnivorous Saurischia in the Jura and Cretaceous formations, principally in Europe. Revista del Museo de La Plata 29:35-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 28369 | ETE | D. Naish and D. M. Martill. 2007. Dinosaurs of Great Britain and the role of the Geological Society of London in their discovery: basal Dinosauria and Saurischia. Journal of the Geological Society, London 164:493-510 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |