Cuckfield (general) [BMNH] (Cretaceous to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.0° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 9.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation (Wealden Group), Late/Upper Valanginian to Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 130.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by G. Mantell in the 1820s; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73272: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
"Iguanodon mantelli" = Iguanodon anglicus1
"Iguanodon mantelli" = Iguanodon anglicus1 Holl 1829 ornithopod
 Theropoda -
"Megalosaurus oweni n. sp." = Valdoraptor oweni3
"Megalosaurus oweni n. sp." = Valdoraptor oweni3 Lydekker 1889 ornithomimosaur
BMNH R2559
 Pterosauria -
Pterosauria indet.2 pterosaur
BMNH 2458, 2470, shafts of long-bones, BMNH 2455, three long-bones
Pterodactylus curtus n. sp.2 Owen 1870 pterosaur
BMNH R.1440, partial tibia
Palaeornis cliftii n. sp.4 Mantell 1844 pterosaur
BMNH 2353 and 2353a; proximal and distal components of an almost complete left humerus