Also known as ST 660 890, ST 660890
Where: England, United Kingdom (51.6° N, 2.4° W: paleocoordinates 20.6° N, 6.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• Rhaetian age is based upon "non-reworked" palynomorphs and the lithology, both of which indicate age equivalence to the Late Westbury Formation (Lower Rhaetian), Penarth Group, of Whiteside (1983) and Whiteside and Marshall (1986). Tytherington fissure fills are not necessarily contemporaneous (Fraser 1994).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; limestone and green, red marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by J. Marshall & D. Whiteside in 1975
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve,
• University of Bristol, Geology Department. The Fissure 2 site has been destroyed by quarrying, but uprepared blocks containing fossils are retained in the collections at Bristol. Greater than 1000 specimens.
Primary reference: J. E. A. Marshall and D. I. Whiteside. 1980. Marine influence in the Triassic "uplands". Nature 287:627-628 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46889: authorized by Robin Whatley, entered by Robin Whatley on 25.01.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano and Franco Aspromonte
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Archosauria indet.5, Archosauria "indet. 2"3, Archosauria "indet. 3"3, Archosauria "indet. 4"3, Archosauria "indet. 5"3, Archosauria "indet. 6"3, Archosauria "indet. 7"3, Archosauria "indet. 8"3, Archosauria "indet. 9"3, Archosauria "indet. 10"3, Archosauria "indet. 11"3, Archosauria "indet. 12"3, Archosauria "indet. 13"3, Archosauria "indet. 14"3, Archosauria "indet. 15"3
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Thecodontosaurus antiquus3 Morris 1843 sauropodomorph BRSUG 23606–BRSUG 23972, BRSUG 26585–BRSUG 26660, BRSUG 28121–BRSUG 28404, and BRSUG 29372-2805–BRSUG 29372-3812
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Lepidosauria indet. Haeckel 1866 lepidosaur | |
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Clevosaurus sp. Swinton 1939 lepidosaur | |
Diphydontosaurus avonis n. gen. n. sp.4 Whiteside 1986 lepidosaur represents 90 % of the fauna in the block prepared.
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Hwiccewyrm trispiculum n. gen. n. sp.1
Hwiccewyrm trispiculum n. gen. n. sp.1 Butler et al. 2023 parareptile UMZC 2023.4.1 (holotype), UMZC 2023.4.2-51.
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Osteichthyes | |
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Gyrolepis sp.4 Agassiz 1833 | |
Severnichthys sp.5 Storrs 1994 | |
Actinopteri | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
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Gastropoda | |
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