Hordle Cliff Crocodile Bed, Hampshire: Priabonian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Spalacodon n. gen. sp.
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part of a lower jaw | ||||||||||
Helix labyrinthicus
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Helix striatella
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Potomomya subangulata
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Potomomya piapa
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Potomomya angulata
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
uncertain whether this is a re-id of S. subangulata or not | ||||||||||
Plantae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
Charales
- Characea
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Chara sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
"Charae" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium pyrgatum
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Garnder et al. 1888 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamides margaritaceus
(Brocchi 1814)
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
recombined as Mesohalina margaritaceus | ||||||||||
Potamides cinctum
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Potamides duplex
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Potamides funatum
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Melanopsidae
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Melanopsis fusiformis
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Melanopsis brevis
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Melanopsis carinata
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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Melania carinata
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
synonym of Thiara | ||||||||||
Melania subulaspira
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
synonym of Thiara | ||||||||||
Melania circineta
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
synonym of Thiara | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Viviparidae
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Paludina unicolor
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Paludina conciana
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Paludina ? minima
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Paludina ? impurata
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Paludina lenta
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Planorbis euomphalus
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Planorbis ? hemistoma
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Planorbis leus
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Planorbis obtusus
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Planorbis planalatus
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Planorbis platystoma
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Planorbis ? rotundatus
Brongniart 1810
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Ancylus elegans
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Succineidae
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Succinea imperspicua
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Neritina concava
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Cyclas exigua
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Lucina (Cyclas) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cyrenidae
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Cyrena deperdita
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Cyrena obliquata
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Cyrena cycladiformis
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Cyrena pisum
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Dreissenidae
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Dreissena brardii
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio solandri
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula tenuis
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Serpula tenuis
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Microchoerus erinaceus n. gen., n. sp.
Wood 1844
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"an imperfect cranium": entered as "Microchaerus' | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Paloplotherium sp.
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Plagiolophus (Paloplotherium) | ||||||||||
"new species" a series of jaws and bones | ||||||||||
Paloplotherium annectens n. gen., n. sp.
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Owen 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
spelled with current rank as Plagiolophus (Paloplotherium) | ||||||||||
portion of the skull and upper teeth | ||||||||||
Palaeotherium sp.
Cuvier 1804
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scapula and portion of upper jaw | ||||||||||
Palaeotheriidae indet.
Bonaparte 1850
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Owen 1847 | |||||||||
some fragments of inferior molar teeth of a smaller Palaeotherioid, among which was an entire crown | ||||||||||
= Palaeotherium muehlbergi
Stehlin 1904
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Cray 1973 | |||||||||
P. muehlbergi praecursum | ||||||||||
Palaeotherium cf. medium
Cuvier 1804
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Owen 1847 | |||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Dichobunidae
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Dichobune sp.
Cuvier 1822
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
Dichobune sp.
Cuvier 1822
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
many specimens | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Xiphodontidae
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Dichodon cuspidatus n. gen., n. sp.
Owen 1847
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Owen 1847 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
lower jaw and teeth, parts of the upper jaw and teeth | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Argillotherium toliapicum
Davies 1884
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Davies 1884 | |||||||||
not clear if this is a new taxon or not, a "mutilated skull" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Hyaenodon sp.
Laizer and Parieu 1838
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Hastings 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
one unique lower jaw | ||||||||||
= Hyaenodon cf. minor
Lange-Badré 1979
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Cray 1973 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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some type of seal,isolated teeth; ref 10850 has part of a carnivore skull | ||||||||||
= Quercygale hastingsiae
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Cray 1973 | |||||||||
Viverra hastingsae n. sp.
Davies 1884
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Davies 1884 | |||||||||
recombined as Quercygale hastingsae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Amphilemuridae
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? Gesneropithex grisollensis
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Norris and Harrison 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
periotic bone HZM 245.18628 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Insectivora
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Insectivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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part of an upper jaw | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Emys crassus
Owen 1849
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
recombined as Cuvierichelys crassa | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys sp.
Dumeril 1806
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
n. sp., entire carapace and plastron collected | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Anostira anglica n. sp.
Lydekker 1889
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Lydekker 1889 | |||||||||
synonym of Allaeochelys delheidi | ||||||||||
BMNH 33198 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx henrici n. sp.
Owen and Bell 1849
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
Trionyx barbarae n. sp.
Owen and Bell 1849
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
synonym of Trionyx henrici | ||||||||||
Trionyx marginatus n. sp.
Owen and Bell 1849
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
synonym of Trionyx henrici | ||||||||||
Trionyx circumsulcatus n. sp.
Owen and Bell 1849
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
synonym of Trionyx henrici | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Trachyaspis hantoniensis n. sp.
Lydekker 1889
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Lydekker 1889 | |||||||||
BMNH R1443 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Alligator hantoniensis n. sp.
Wood 1846
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most of the "head" with almost all of the upper teeth, humerus, dermal scutes and other post cranial elements | ||||||||||
Crocodilus hastingsiae n. sp.
Owen 1848
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Owen 1849 | |||||||||
synonym of Alligator hantoniensis | ||||||||||
Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
two different humeri, coracoids and various other undescribed bird bones | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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Hastings 1853 | |||||||||
fish scales | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Limnaea longiscata
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Limnaea fusiformis
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Limnaea columellaris
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Limnaea pyramidalis
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Limnaea minima
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Limnaea strigosa
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
Limnaea ? elodes
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Wood 1846 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Hampshire |
Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 1.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 5.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Headon Beds | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: part of the Lower Headon Beds, this bed is approx. 6 m above the base, and is is approx. 2m thick. At this locality the Crocodile Bed lies above the Leaf Bed and almost immediately below the upper ironsone band. Age is Upper Eocene (Lower Ludian) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | white sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | concretionary,ferruginous sandy,calcareous claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: whitish sands in the upper part but the lower layers are harder and brownish in color, the rest of the Headon Beds are predominantly clays, with varying amounts of sand, limestone and ironstone | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: stratigraphic relationships are based on compilation by Cray, 1973.
In 1852, the Marchioness of Hastings published an almost identical paper to her 1853 report. I used the later English version, but the earlier paper is the more primary reference. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Cray, 1973 comments that further investigations in the Crocodile Bed have produced only scales of Lepisosteus and occasional crocodile and turtle bones, concluding that the early museum collections came from richly fossiliferous pockets which were largely worked out by the Marchioness. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Hordwell | ||
Database number: | 39643 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, A. Dunhill, D. Nicholson | Enterer: | E. Leckey, B. Allen, D. Nicholson |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-06-01 16:21:08 | Last modified: | 2019-07-01 06:54:50 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-01 16:21:08 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
10566. | S. Wood. 1844. Record of the discovery of an Alligator with several new Mammalia in the Freshwater Strata at Hordwell. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14:349-351 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
10423 | P. E. Cray. 1973. Marsupialia, Insectivora, Primates, Creodonta and Carnivora from the Headon Beds (upper Eocene) of southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology Series 23(1):1-102 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] | |
10850 | W. Davies. 1884. Notes on some new carnivores from the British Eocene formations. The Geological Magazine 1(10):433-438 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen] | |
11308 | J. S. Garnder, H. Keeping, and H. W. Monckton. 1888. The Upper Eocene, comprising the Barton and Upper Bagshot Formations. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 44:578-635 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] | |
10789 | M. Hastings. 1853. On the Tertiary Beds of Hordwell, Hampshire. Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Fourth Series 6(36):1-11 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] | |
58741 | R. Lydekker. 1889. Preliminary notice of new fossil Chelonia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6th Series 3:53-54 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] | |
10328 | C. A. Norris and D. L. Harrison. 1998. Mammalian periotic bones from the Eocene deposits at Hordle, Hampshire. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 41(1):69-77 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] | |
11032 | R. Owen. 1847. On the fossil remains of Mammalia referable to the genus Palaeotherium, and to two genera, Paloplotherium and Dichodon, hitherto undefined: from the Eocene Sand at Hordle, Hampshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 4:17-42 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] | |
67602 | R. Owen. 1849. A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part I. 1-328 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen] | |
69293 | J. P. Rio, P. D. Mannion, E. Tschopp, J. E. Martin, and M. Delfino. 2020. Reappraisal of the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the alligatoroid crocodylian Diplocynodon hantoniensis from the late Eocene of the United Kingdom. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188:579-629 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
10722 | S. Wood. 1846. On the discovery of an alligator and of several new Mammalia in the Hordwell Cliff; with observations upon the geological phenomena of that locality. The London Geological Journal, and Record of Discoveries in British and Foreign Paleontology 1:1-7 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |