Staple Pit: Rhaetian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Pseudodalatius barnstonensis
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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= Crocodylomorpha indet.
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Mannion 2017 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Polyacrodontidae
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Hybodus cloacinus
Quenstedt 1858
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recombined as Polyacrodus cloacinus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
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Acrodus minimus
Agassiz 1839
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recombined as Lissodus minimus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
- Palaeospinacidae
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Nemacanthus monolifer
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Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
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Hybodus minor
Agassiz 1837
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recombined as Rhomphaiodon minor | ||||||||||
Saurichthyiformes
- Saurichthyidae
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Saurichthys longidens
Agassiz 1843
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Reptilia
- Ichthyopterygia
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Ichthyopterygia indet.
Owen 1840
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Reptilia
- Saurischia
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Saurischia indet.
Seeley 1888
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Galton 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Ungual phalanx | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Plateosauridae
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Plateosaurus sp.
Meyer 1837
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Tooth | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Sauropterygia indet.
Owen 1859
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Rysosteus oweni
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nomen dubium belonging to Diapsida | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Semionotiformes
- Semionotidae
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Sargodon tomicus
Plieninger 1847
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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Lepidotes barnstonensis
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Lepidotes sp.
Agassiz 1832
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Palaeonisciformes
- Palaeoniscidae
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Gyrolepis alberti
(Agassiz 1834)
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original and current combination Gyrolepis albertii | ||||||||||
Palaeonisciformes
- Birgeriidae
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Birgeria acuminata
(Agassiz 1843)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Nottinghamshire |
Coordinates: | 53.0° North, 0.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.8° North, 1.4° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
Stage: | Rhaetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
Key time interval: | Rhaetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 208.50000 - 201.30000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | phosphatic sandy conglomerate |
Secondary lithology: | pyritic sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "a thin conglomerate (0-3cm) containing phopatised coprolites up to 12 cm long. White and pink quartz pebbles are also abundant. The whole is enclosed in a sandy matrix, portions of which are cemented by pyrite. Small authigenic bipyramidal quartz crystals have also been found in this horizon." | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | variable |
Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Associated major elements: | none |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),chemical,mechanical,peroxide,sieve,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 53829 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | K. Maguire, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-09-14 13:35:32 | Last modified: | 2009-04-30 04:03:10 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-14 13:35:32 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
14493. | ETE | D. M. Martill and A. Dawn. 1986. Fossil vertebrates from new exposures of the Westbury Formation (Upper Triassic) at Newark, Nottinghamshire. Mercian Geologist 10(2):127-133 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
16509 | ETE | P. M. Galton. 2005. Bones of large dinosaurs (Prosauropoda and Stegosauria) from the Rhaetic Bone Bed (Upper Triassic) of Aust Cliff, southwest England. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 24(1):51-74 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
63504 | P. D. Mannion. 2017. Personal opinions. [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |