Old Roar Quarry (BMNH): Early/Lower Valanginian, United Kingdom
collected by S. H. Beckles, C. Dawson 1871
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Iguanodontidae
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Iguanodon mantelli
Meyer 1832
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1 individual | |||||||||
| NHMUK R3788, pelvis and vertebrae | ||||||||||
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= Iguanodon dawsoni
Lydekker 1888
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Blows 1998 | |||||||||
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= Sellacoxa pauli n. gen., n. sp.
Carpenter and Ishida 2010
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Carpenter and Ishida 2010 | |||||||||
| synonym of Barilium dawsoni | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Leptocleididae
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Cimoliasaurus valdensis
Lydekker 1889
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Ketchum 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Hastanectes valdensis | ||||||||||
| BMNH R14371 (isolated vertebrae) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Sussex |
| Coordinates: | 50.9° North, 0.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° North, 10.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Valanginian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 139.80000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wealden | Formation: | Wadhurst Clay | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Wadhurst Clay Formation of the Hastings Beds Subgroup has an ages of Lower Valanginian according to Radley (2006; vide Allen & Wimbledon 1991) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lacustrine - small |
| Geology comments: Shallow, freshwater to slightly brackish lakes, including horsetail ‘reed’ bed and terrestrial fauna. Fossils throughout the Wadhurst Clay Formation include ostracods, conchostracans (‘clam-shrimps’), pond-snails and the low-salinity bivalve Neomiodon. Widespread siltstone and fine sandstone gutter- and scour-fills indicate storm activity and/or fluvial runoff into the Wadhurst lakes (Radley 2006) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Rock censused: | 3000 cm2 (area) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | S. H. Beckles, C. Dawson | Collection dates: | 1871 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Leonards | ||
| Database number: | 52577 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-11 11:07:33 | Last modified: | 2023-08-04 15:08:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-11 11:07:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14137. | ETE | R. Owen. 1872. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden Formation. Supplement no. IV. Dinosauria (Iguanodon). 25:1-15 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 78161 | D. J. Batten and P. A. Austen. 2011. The Wealden of south-east England. In D. J. Batten (ed.), English Wealden Fossils. The Palaeontological Association Field Guide to Fossils 14:15-51 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 13932 | ETE | W. T. Blows. 1998. A review of Lower and Middle Cretaceous dinosaurs of England. In S. G. Lucas, J. I. Kirkland, and J. W. Estep (eds.), Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14:29-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 85567 | K. Brooks. 2011. Dinosaur quarries of Hastings. Hastings & District Geological Society Journal 17:7-13 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 50540 | K. Carpenter and Y. Ishida. 2010. Early and "middle" Cretaceous iguanodonts in time and space. Journal of Iberian Geology 36(2):145-164 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 41566 | H. F. Ketchum. 2011. Marine reptiles. Palaeontological Association Field Guide to Fossils 14:285-294 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 14142 | ETE | R. Lydekker. 1888. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London 1-309 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |
| 43605 | D. Naish and D. M. Martill. 2008. Dinosaurs of Great Britain and the role of the Geological Society of London in their discovery: Ornithischia. Journal of the Geological Society, London 165:613-623 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 32712 | ETE | D. B. Norman. 2010. A taxonomy of iguanodontians (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the lower Wealden Group (Cretaceous: Valanginian) of southern England. Zootaxa 2489:47-66 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 48176 | J. D. Radley. 2006. A Wealden guide I: the Weald Sub-basin. Geology Today 22:109-118 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 30971 | ETE | A. S. Woodward and C. D. Sherborn. 1890. A Catalogue of British Fossil Vertebrata. Dulao & Company, London 1-396 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |