Staple Pit: Rhaetian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pseudodalatius barnstonensis
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
    = Crocodylomorpha indet.
Mannion 2017
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Hybodus cloacinus Quenstedt 1858
recombined as Polyacrodus cloacinus
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes
Acrodus minimus Agassiz 1839
recombined as Lissodus minimus
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Nemacanthus monolifer
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes
Hybodus minor Agassiz 1837
recombined as Rhomphaiodon minor
Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys longidens Agassiz 1843
Reptilia - Ichthyopterygia
Ichthyopterygia indet. Owen 1840
Reptilia - Saurischia
Saurischia indet. Seeley 1888
Galton 2005 1 specimen
Ungual phalanx
Reptilia - Plateosauridae
Plateosaurus sp. Meyer 1837
1 specimen
Tooth
Reptilia
Sauropterygia indet. Owen 1859
Rysosteus oweni
nomen dubium belonging to Diapsida
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Sargodon tomicus Plieninger 1847
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotes barnstonensis
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Gyrolepis alberti (Agassiz 1834)
original and current combination Gyrolepis albertii
Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Birgeria acuminata (Agassiz 1843)
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
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Penarth Formation:Westbury
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
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:

16509ETE 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]