Weston Point Quarry: Late Triassic, United Kingdom
collected by R. Harkness, J. Black, E. Binney 1850
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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| Haubold 1971 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Chirotherium sp.
Kaup 1835
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Reptilia
- Rotodactylidae
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Rhynchosauroides tumidus
Morton 1897
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Tresise and Sarjeant 1997 | |||||||||
| part of slab MM L1677 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Plesiothornipos binneyi n. gen., n. sp.
Harkness 1850
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Rhynchosaurus sp.
Owen 1842
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| footprints | ||||||||||
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= Rhynchosauroides sp.
Maidwell 1911
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Tresise and Sarjeant 1997 | |||||||||
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Rhynchosauroides rectipes
Beasley 1911
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Tresise and Sarjeant 1997 | |||||||||
| part of slab MM L1677 | ||||||||||
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Rhynchosauroides membranipes n. sp.
Maidwell 1911
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Tresise and Sarjeant 1997 | |||||||||
| part of slab MM L1677 (holotype) | ||||||||||
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Rhynchosauroides minutipes n. sp.
Maidwell 1914
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Tresise and Sarjeant 1997 | |||||||||
| part of slab MM L1677 (holotype) | ||||||||||
| Tresise and Sarjeant 1997 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Cheshire |
| Coordinates: | 53.3° North, 2.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.3° North, 11.5° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3-4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Triassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237 - 201.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Sherwood Sandstone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Bunter sandstone? | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,red sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "red, fine-grained sandstone...in one part of the quarry a thin bed of fine clay occurs separating two of the sandstone strata" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | R. Harkness, J. Black, E. Binney | Collection dates: | 1850 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Runcorn, Western Point | ||
| Database number: | 174686 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | M. Carrano, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-11-24 10:39:56 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-11-24 10:39:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57079. | R. Harkness. 1850. Notice of a tridactylous footmark from the Bunter Sandstone of Weston Point, Cheshire. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2 6(36):440-442 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 77229 | H. C. Beasley. 1905. Report on footprints from the Trias—Part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 74:275-282 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 57076 | R. Harkness. 1850. On the position of the impressions of footsteps in the Bunter Sandstone of Dumfries-shire. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2 6(33):203-208 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 29189 | ETE | H. Haubold. 1971. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Part 18. Ichnia Amphibiorum et Reptiliorum Fossilium. 1-124 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |
| 63762 | G. A. Mantell. 1854. The Medals of Creation; or, First Lessions in Geology, and the Study of Organic Remains 2:447-930 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 82858 | W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1974. A history and bibliography of the study of fossil vertebrate footprints in the British Isles. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 16:265-378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 70883 | G. Tresise. 1993. Triassic footprints from Lymm quarry, Cheshire in the collections of Warrington Museum. Archives of Natural History 20(3):307-332 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 67298 | G. Tresise and W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1997. The Tracks of Triassic Vertebrates: Fossil Evidence from North-West England. 1-204 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 61484 | L. J. Wills and W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1970. Fossil vertebrate and invertebrate tracks from boreholes through the Bunter Series (Triassic) of Worcestershire. The Mercian Geologist 3(4):399-414 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 68227 | T. C. Winkler. 1886. Histoire de l’Ichnologie. Étude Ichnologique sur les Empreintes de Pas d’Animaux Fossiles, Suivie de la Description des Plaques à Impressions d’Animaux qui se Trouvent au Musée Teyler [History of Ichnology. Ichnological Study of Fossil Animal Footprints, Followed by the Description of Slabs with Animal Impressions found in Teyler’s Museum] iv-200 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |