Wicklesham Pit, Faringdon: Late/Upper Aptian, United Kingdom
collected by E. C. Davey 1870
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Grant 1836
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Benton and Spencer 1995 | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
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Belemnoidea indet.
Hyatt 1884
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonoidea
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Ammonoidea indet.
Zittel 1884
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Benton and Spencer 1995 | |||||||||
unclassified
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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Benton and Spencer 1995 | |||||||||
Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Benton and Spencer 1995 | |||||||||
Echinodermata indet.
Klein 1754
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Benton and Spencer 1995 | |||||||||
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Benton and Spencer 1995 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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Paton 1975 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Benton and Spencer 1995 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Ichthyosauridae
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Ichthyosaurus sp.
Koenig 1818
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Benton and Spencer 1995 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Metriorhynchidae
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Dakosaurus sp.
Quenstedt 1856
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Benton and Spencer 1995 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Cetiosauridae indet.
Lydekker 1888
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1 specimen | |||||||||
tooth | ||||||||||
= ? Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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Benton and Spencer 1995 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Cryptoclididae
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Colymbosaurus sp.
Seeley 1874
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Benton and Spencer 1995 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Pliosauridae
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Pliosaurus sp.
(Owen 1841)
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Paton 1975 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
tooth | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Oxfordshire |
Coordinates: | 51.6° North, 1.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 41.0° North, 8.4° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Aptian | ||
Age range of interval: | 122.46000 - 112.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Lower Greensand | Formation: | Faringdon Sand | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Bones occur in the Faringdon Sponge Gravels. Reptile remains are reworked from the Kimmeridge Clay. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,brown "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "consolidated and unconsolidated coquinas stained brown by iron oxide and phosphate and including many invertebrates" | |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Geology comments: "forereef deposit" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Spatial orientation: | random |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera,species names | ||
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
Collectors: | E. C. Davey | Collection dates: | 1870s |
Taxonomic list comments:3 unnumbered teeth (? sauropod) could also be stegosaur or ankylosaur |
Metadata
Also known as: | Farringdon | ||
Database number: | 58095 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-01-18 12:45:38 | Last modified: | 2015-06-29 11:42:14 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-01-18 12:45:38 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
55303. | G. S. Boulger. 1876. Note on a cetiosauroid tooth (exhibited on the 25th of April, 1876, at the West London Scientific Association). Proceedings of the West London Scientific Association and Field Club 1:99-100 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
15587 | ETE | M. J. Benton and P. S. Spencer. 1995. Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain. Chapman & Hall, London 1-386 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/J. Tennant] |
55639 | R. L. Paton. 1975. A Catalogue of Fossil Vertebrates in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. Part Four / Amphibia & Reptilia. Royal Scottish Museum Information Series. Geology 5 1-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |