Ringstead Bay, Weymouth: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian, United Kingdom
collected by Miss C. Ouless 1912
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Underwood 2002 | |||||||||
P65670, one incomplete crown; four partial teeth | ||||||||||
Hybodus obtusus
Agassiz 1839
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Underwood 2002 | |||||||||
Fragments of at least 20 teeth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
- Palaeospinacidae
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Synechodus plicatus n. sp.
Underwood 2002
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Underwood 2002 | |||||||||
P65686 (holotype - tooth) | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Paracestracion falcifer
(Wagner 1857)
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Underwood 2002 | |||||||||
36 anterior and juvenile teeth | ||||||||||
Heterodontus cf. semirugosus
Plieninger 1847
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Underwood 2002 | |||||||||
Two imperfect anterior teeth, P65711-2 | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina frequens n. sp.
Underwood 2002
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Underwood 2002 | |||||||||
P65698 (holotype - tooth) | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Pseudorhinidae
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Squatina alifera
(Münster 1842)
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Underwood 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Pseudorhina alifera | ||||||||||
One tooth with damaged cusp, P65697 | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Protospinacidae
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Protospinax planus n. sp.
Underwood 2002
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Underwood 2002 | |||||||||
P65694 (holotype - tooth) | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Spathobatis bugesiacus
Thiollière 1854
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Underwood 2002 | |||||||||
49 complete and partial teeth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Palaeoscyllium formosum
Wagner 1857
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Underwood 2002 | |||||||||
129 entire and partial teeth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Cantioscyllium sp.
Woodward 1889
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Underwood 2002 | |||||||||
One partial tooth, P65677 | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Hemiscylliidae
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Hemiscylliidae indet.
Gill 1862
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Underwood 2002 | |||||||||
One partial tooth, P65679 | ||||||||||
Pseudospinax sp.
Müller and Diedrich 1991
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Underwood 2002 | |||||||||
Single tooth lacking root, P65678 | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Callorhynchidae
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Ischyodus sp.
Egerton 1843
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Underwood 2002 | |||||||||
One mandibular plate, P65713 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Teleosauridae
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Steneosaurus sp.
Saint-Hilaire 1825
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Delair 1958 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Pliosauridae
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Pliosaurus macromerus
(Phillips 1871)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
DORCM G117; small, incomplete and poorly preserved pliosaurian mandible, including a complete mandibular symphysis (260 mm in length) containing eight tooth positions | ||||||||||
= Pliosaurus portentificus
Noè et al. 2004
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Noè et al. 2004 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Pliosaurus | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 2.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 41.4° North, 7.7° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | Ammonoid zone: | Aulacostephanus euxodus to Pectinatites pectinatus |
Age range of interval: | 155.70000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Kimmeridge Clay | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: The Kimmerdige Clay Formation at Ringstead Bay extends from the upper part of the Aulacostephanus euxodus Zone to the Pectinatites pectinatus zone according to Cox & Gallois (1981). This is Late Kimmeridgian to Early Tithonian (Gradstein et al. 2012). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,survey of museum collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Miss C. Ouless | Collection dates: | 1912 |
Metadata
Database number: | 140224 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Benson, M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | R. Benson, J. Tennant, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-03-05 20:12:35 | Last modified: | 2013-04-01 07:35:17 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-05 20:12:35 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31216. | ETE | J. B. Delair. 1960. The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part two. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 80:52-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Benson] |
Secondary references:
46077 | B. M. Cox and R. W. Gallois. 1981. The stratigraphy of the Kimmeridge Clay of the Dorset type area and correlation with some other Kimmeridgian sequences. Institute of Geological Sciences, Report 80/4:1-44 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
47078 | J. B. Delair. 1958. The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part one. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 79:47-72 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
42481 | L. F. Noè, D. T. J. Smith, and D. I. Walton. 2004. A new species of Kimmeridgian pliosaur (Reptilia; Sauropterygia) and its bearing on the nomenclature of Liopleurodon macromerus. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 115:13-24 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
46680 | C. J. Underwood. 2002. Sharks, rays and a chimaeroid from the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of Ringstead, Southern England. Palaeontology 45(2):297-325 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |