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
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Benton and Spencer 1995
Cephalopoda
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884
Benton and Spencer 1995
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884
Benton and Spencer 1995
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Benton and Spencer 1995
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Benton and Spencer 1995
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Benton and Spencer 1995
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Benton and Spencer 1995
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
Paton 1975 6 specimens
teeth
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Benton and Spencer 1995
Reptilia - Ichthyosauridae
Ichthyosaurus sp. Koenig 1818
Benton and Spencer 1995
Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae
Dakosaurus sp. Quenstedt 1856
Benton and Spencer 1995
Reptilia
Cetiosauridae indet. Lydekker 1888
1 specimen
tooth
    = ? Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
Benton and Spencer 1995
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae
Colymbosaurus sp. Seeley 1874
Benton and Spencer 1995
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Pliosaurus sp. (Owen 1841)
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:

15587ETE 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]