cliff fall near Atherfield (BMNH) (Cretaceous to of the United Kingdom)

Also known as I. atherfieldensis type

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Shepherd's Chine Member (Vectis Formation), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by R. W. Hooley in 1916; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: R. W. Hooley. 1917. On the integument of Iguanodon bernissartensis, Boulenger, and of Morosaurus becklesii, Mantell. Geological Magazine, series 6 4:148-150 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24906: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
"Iguanodon atherfieldensis n. sp." = Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis
"Iguanodon atherfieldensis n. sp." = Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis Hooley 1925 ornithopod
BMNH R5764