Also known as Redland, Derdham

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.5° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 0.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Magnesian Conglomerate Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• Late Triassic deposits infill Early Carboniferous (Dinantian) marine limestones

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; limestone and dolomitic, yellow, sandy breccia

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by J. S. Miller, M. Benton in 1836

Collection methods: bulk, salvage, quarrying, mechanical,

• Agrosaurus specimen was originally believed to have been collected from the NE coast of Australia by the H.M.S. Fly in 1844, but this was later shown to be in error, and these materials represent additional Thecodontosaurus specimens from Durdham Down.

Primary reference: W. Buckland. 1824. Reliquiæ Diluvianæ; or, Observations on the Organic Remains Contained in Caves, Fissures, and Diluvial Gravel, and on Other Geological Phenomena, Attesting the Action of an Universal Deluge. Second Edition. John Murray, London 1-303 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51970: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.07.2005, edited by Terri Cleary

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