Also known as Kirtlington Cement Quarry
Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 9.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Forest Marble Formation (Great Oolite Group), Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)
• Oppelia aspidoides zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; unlithified marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Team from University College, London, led by the late Prof. K.A. Kermack; reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• BDUC collection, Biology Department, University College, London
Primary reference: E. P. Freeman. 1976. Mammal teeth from the Forest Marble (Middle Jurassic) of Oxfordshire, England. Science 194(4269):1053-1055 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 39075: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.05.2004, edited by Kaitlin Maguire, Terri Cleary, John Alroy, Roger Benson, Richard Butler and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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? Amphitherium sp.12 de Blainville 1838 mammal FM/K 16 (=BMNH M36516), a left lower molar minus its talonid
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Palaeoxonodon ooliticus n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeoxonodon ooliticus n. gen. n. sp. Freeman 1976 mammal | |
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Eupantotheria indet. Kermack and Musset 1958 mammal | |
? Dryolestidae indet. Marsh 1879 mammal | |
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? Paulchoffatiidae indet.12 Hahn 1969 multituberculate FM/K 43 (=BMNH M36543): a partial upper incisor referred to as a 'multituberculate or tritylodontid incisor' by Freeman (1979); transferred to just Paulchoffatiidae indet. by Hahn (1993)
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Hahnotherium antiquum n. gen. n. sp.2
Hahnotherium antiquum n. gen. n. sp.2 Butler and Hooker 2005 multituberculate BMNH M46797, a left second upper molar. Described by Kermack et al. 1998: 596, figs. 19B, 21 as Eleutherodon oxfordensis, group
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"Eleutherodon oxfordensis n. gen. n. sp." = Kermackodon oxfordensis14, "Kermackodon multicuspis n. gen. n. sp." = Kermackodon oxfordensis2, "Kirtlingtonia catenata n. gen. n. sp." = Kermackodon oxfordensis2
"Kermackodon multicuspis n. gen. n. sp." = Kermackodon oxfordensis2 Kermack et al. 1998 mammal BMNH M46822, a left upper molar (M2)
"Kirtlingtonia catenata n. gen. n. sp." = Kermackodon oxfordensis2 Kermack et al. 1998 mammal BMNH M46497, the crown of a right upper molar, probably unerupted; BMNH M46579, right upper molar with root
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Woodeatonia parva15 Mao et al. 2022 mammal NHMUK PV M 46818 (a referred specimen of “Kirtlingtonia catenata”
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? Shuotherium sp.18 Chow and Rich 1982 mammal J.789, right molar; J.808, left upper molar; J.235, left upper molar
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Osteichthyes | |
Wareolestes rex n. gen. n. sp.12
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Cyrtlatherium canei n. gen. n. sp.12, Peraiocynodon major n. sp.19, Borealestes serendipitus19, Borealestes mussetti n. sp.19
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Simpsonodon oxfordensis n. gen. n. sp.19
Simpsonodon oxfordensis n. gen. n. sp.19 Kermack et al. 1987 dodocont Holotpe: J. 100, fragment of right ramus of lower jaw with three postcanine teeth
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Krusatodon kirtlingtonensis n. gen. n. sp.19, "Shuotherium kermacki n. sp." = Paritatodon kermacki18
"Shuotherium kermacki n. sp." = Paritatodon kermacki18 Sigogneau-Russell 1998 dodocont J.612, left lower molar; J226, right lower molar
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Haramiyida sp.2 mammaliaform BDUC J 562 is a relatively small molariform tooth: Interpretation of J 562 must await the discovery of further material; at present it can only be classified incertae sedis
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Tritylodontidae indet.12 Cope 1884 mammaliamorph four cusps or parts of cusps, and a complete incisor similar to Oligokyphus (FM/K 6 [=BMNH M36506])
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Reptilia | |
Saurillodon marmorensis n. sp.7 Evans 1998 squamates BMNH R12650 (holotype), right dentary; BMNH R12651, symphyseal region of right dentary; BMNH R12653, right maxilla; BMNH R12652, left premaxilla; plus "range of highly distinctive vertebrae including BMNH R12654-12668"
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Scincomorpha indet.8, Bellairsia gracilis n. gen. n. sp.7, Balnealacerta silvestris n. gen. n. sp.7, Eophis underwoodi n. gen. n. sp.3, Parviraptor cf. estesi6, ? Gekkota indet.9, Oxiella tenuis n. gen. n. sp.7, Anguimorpha indet.8
Bellairsia gracilis n. gen. n. sp.7 Evans 1998 squamates BMNH R12678 (holotype), partial left dentary; BMNH R12679, fragment of right maxilla; BMNH R12680, left premaxilla; further dentary specimens not further elaborated on
Balnealacerta silvestris n. gen. n. sp.7 Evans 1998 squamates BMNH R12669 (holotype), partial left dentary; BMNH R12670, right maxilla; BMNH R12671, R12672, two left premaxillae; BMNH R12673, R12634, R12635 three frontals; further specimens not further elaborated on
Eophis underwoodi n. gen. n. sp.3 Caldwell et al. 2015 snake NHMUK R12355, symphyseal portion of right dentary; NHMUK R12354, midsection right dentary; NHMUK R12370, posterior portion of right dentary; NHMUK R12352, fragment of left maxilla
Parviraptor cf. estesi6 Evans 1994 squamates Series of dissociated elements including BMNH R12353, a left parietal; R12356, a partial left frontal; R12357, left frontal of a juvenile; R12358, another left frontal of a juvenile; R12359, partial left frontal; R12360, axis vertabra; R12361, partial dorsal vertebra; R12362, partial dorsal vert.; R12363, dorsal vert. of juvenile; R12364, fragment of vertebral condyle; R12365, dorsal vert.; R12366, anterior caudal vert.; R12367, anterior caudal vert.; R12368, anterior part of an autotomized caudal vert.; R12369, posterior part of an autotomized vert.; further collection of about 100 dissociated jaws, skull bones and vertebrae. Other specimens from the same reference have subseq. been erected under new taxon Eophis underwoodi
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Cryptodira "histomorph II"17 turtle Histomorph II is represented only by a single specimen (IPB R589)
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Marmoretta oxoniensis n. gen. n. sp.5
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Cteniogenys sp.4 Gilmore 1928 choristodere "Reptile B"; NHMUK specimens - skull and postcranial remains
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Amphibia | |
Anoualerpeton priscus n. sp.13
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Eodiscoglossus oxoniensis n. sp.11
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Caudata "indet. A"11, Caudata "indet. B"11, Marmorerpeton sp.10, Marmorerpeton freemani n. sp.10, Marmorerpeton kermacki n. gen. n. sp.10
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Gnathostomata | |
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Actinopteri | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
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unclassified | |
Charophyta indet.9 Migula 1890 | |
Pteridopsida | |
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