Grange Chine cliff face (MIWG/BMNH): Late/Upper Barremian, United Kingdom
collected by K. Simmonds 1978

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Evans et al. 2004
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832
Evans et al. 2004
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae
Caturus sp. Agassiz 1834
Evans et al. 2004
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
Evans et al. 2004
Reptilia - Neovenatoridae
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
1 individual
MIWG 6348, 6352 (7 measurements)
    = Neovenator salerii n. gen., n. sp. Hutt et al. 1996
Hutt et al. 1996
+ BMNH R10001
Reptilia
Iguanodon sp. Mantell 1825
1 individual
MIWG 5385
    = Iguanodon atherfieldensis Hooley 1925
Hutt et al. 1996
recombined as Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis
Iguanodon atherfieldensis Hooley 1925
Naish and Martill 2001 1 individual
MIWG 6344 (partial skeleton)
    = Brighstoneus simmondsi n. gen., n. sp. Lockwood et al. 2021
Lockwood et al. 2021
cf. Iguanodon sp. Mantell 1825
Evans et al. 2004 1 specimen
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834
Evans et al. 2004
Reptilia - Atoposauridae
Atoposauridae indet. (Gervais 1871)
Evans et al. 2004
Reptilia - Goniopholididae
cf. Goniopholididae indet. Cope 1875
Evans et al. 2004
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Evans et al. 2004 1 specimen
Reptilia - Paramacellodidae
Paramacellodidae indet. Estes 1983
Evans et al. 2004
Reptilia
Scincomorpha indet. Camp 1923
Evans et al. 2004 1 specimen
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Lissamphibia indet. Haeckel 1866
Evans et al. 2004 1 specimen
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Evans et al. 2004 1 specimen
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet. Fox and Naylor 1982
Evans et al. 2004 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Hybodus parvidens Woodward 1916
Evans et al. 2004
recombined as Polyacrodus parvidens
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1834)
Evans et al. 2004 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes
Lissodus striatus
Evans et al. 2004
Lissodus breve
Evans et al. 2004
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonta indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1835
Evans et al. 2004
corrected as Pycnodonte
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Isle of Wight
Coordinates: 50.6° North, 1.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.9° North, 9.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:15 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Barremian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2
Key time interval:Late/Upper Barremian
Age range of interval:125.77000 - 121.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Wealden Formation:Wessex
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: about 17 m below the Grange Chine Black Band, in bed L9

Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pyritic,sideritic carbonaceous siltstone
Secondary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "a plant debris bed" in a siltstone
Environment:alluvial fan
Geology comments: The palaeoenvironment has been interpreted as a sequence of alluvial meander plains, that overran the Wessex Sub-basin (Allen 1998), together with season- ally ephemeral lakes and ponds (Martill & Naish 2001).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Rock censused:2400 cm2 (area)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collectors:K. Simmonds Collection dates:1978
Metadata
Database number:46875
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, G. Varnham
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-01-24 14:26:52 Last modified:2023-10-13 13:58:58
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-24 14:26:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

71233. S. Hutt, K. Simmonds, and G. Hullman. 1989. Predatory dinosaurs from the Isle of Wight. Proceedings of the Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Association 9:137-146 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

51644 J. B. Clarke and M. J. Barker. 1995. Abnormal histology in an Iguanodon caudal centrum from the Lower Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight. Palaeontology 38(4):905-914 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
17976ETE S. E. Evans, P. M. Barrett, and D. J. Ward. 2004. The first record of lizards and amphibians from the Wessex Formation (Lower Cretaceous: Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 115:239-247 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
52039 J. D. Gardner and M. Böhme. 2008. Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary albanerpetontids. In J. T. Sankey & S. Baszio (ed.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography 178-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12450ETE S. Hutt, D. M. Martill, and M. J. Barker. 1996. The first European allosauroid dinosaur (Lower Cretaceous, Wealden Group, England). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1996(10):635-644 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
80133 J. A. F. Lockwood, D. A. Martill, and S. C. R. Maidment. 2021. A new hadrosauriform dinosaur from the Wessex Formation, Wealden Group (Early Cretaceous), of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19(12):847-888 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
86089 D. Naish, S. Hutt, and D. M. Martill. 2001. Saurischian dinosaurs 2: theropods. In D. M. Martill & D. Naish (ed.), Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight. Palaeontological Association Field Guides to Fossils 10:242-309 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82927 D. Naish and D. M. Martill. 2001. Ornithopod dinosaurs. In D. M. Martill & D. Naish (ed.), Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight. Palaeontological Association Field Guides to Fossils 10:60-132 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
51626 J. D. Radley. 1994. Collecting dinosaurs on the Isle of Wight, southern England. The Geological Curator 6(2):89-96 [M. Carrano/A. Murch/M. Carrano]
51648 J. D. Radley. 1996. Type, figured and cited specimens in the Museum of Isle of Wight Geology (Isle of Wight, England). The Geological Curator 6(5):187-193 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78160 S. C. Sweetman. 2011. The Wealden of the Isle of Wight. In D. J. Batten (ed.), English Wealden Fossils. The Palaeontological Association Field Guide to Fossils 14:52-78 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
42838 S. C. Sweetman and J. D. Gardner. 2013. A new albanerpetontid amphibian from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(2):269-284 [R. Benson/R. Benson/P. Mannion]