Berwick: Barremian, United Kingdom
collected by Mr S. Tooth, M.Inst.C.E. in excavations of the Cuckmere Brick Company <1922
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Leptocleididae
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Leptocleidus superstes n. gen., n. sp.
Andrews 1922
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1 individual | |||||||||
| BMNH R4828 (holotype) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | East Sussex |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 0.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.1° North, 10.7° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Barremian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Barremian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 125.77000 - 121.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wealden | Formation: | Weald Clay | Member: | Upper |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Stratigraphic data here from Kear & Barrett (2011); Formal units form Radley (2006): Weald Clay Group. Upper Weald CLay Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | nodular claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: The plesiosaurian remains...were contained in a large septarian nodule | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Mr S. Tooth, M.Inst.C.E. in excavations of the Cuckmere Brick Company | Collection dates: | <1922 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Leptocleidus superstes type locality | ||
| Database number: | 117445 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-09-20 18:24:45 | Last modified: | 2021-12-13 13:45:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-20 18:24:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34574. | C. W. Andrews. 1922. Description of a new plesiosaur from the Weald Clay of Berwick (Sussex). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 78:285-298 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |
Secondary references:
| 38189 | A. R. I. Cruickshank. 1997. A Lower Cretaceous pliosauroid from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 105(2):207-226 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 48176 | J. D. Radley. 2006. A Wealden guide I: the Weald Sub-basin. Geology Today 22:109-118 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 65100 | W. E. Swinton. 1934. A Guide to the Fossil Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians in the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S.W. 7 xii-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |