Coombefield Quarry tracksite (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Portland

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.5° N, 2.4° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 7.5° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Worbarrow Tout Member (Lulworth Formation), Middle Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• Hard Cockle Mbr now = lower Worbarrow Tout Mbr

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collected by P. Ensom, J. Delair

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. M. Barrett, R. B. J. Benson, and P. Upchurch. 2010. Dinosaurs of Dorset: Part II, the sauropod dinosaurs (Saurischia, Sauropoda) with additional comments of the theropods. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 131:113-126 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 118953: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842 dinosaur
"Block 9E", quadrupedal dinosaur
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod
"Block 7"