Offham chalk pit: Cenomanian - Maastrichtian, United Kingdom
collected by Henry Catt <1850

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Mosasaurus gracilis n. sp. Owen 1850
Owen 1850 1 specimen
Upper and lower jaws
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Kent
Coordinates: 50.9° North, 0.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.0° North, 2.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Cenomanian - Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chalk
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: chalk
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Henry Catt Collection dates:<1850
Metadata
Database number:137419
Authorizer:R. Benson Enterer:R. Benson
Modifier:C. Ruken Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-12-17 03:10:26 Last modified:2023-11-26 20:26:24
Access level:the public Released:2012-12-17 03:10:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
86515. H. P. Street and M. W. Caldwell. 2014. Reassessment of Turonian Mosasaur Material from the 'Middle Chalk' (England, U.K.), and the Status of Mosasaurus Gracilis Owen, 1849 . 34(5):1072-1079 [M. Uhen/C. Ruken]

Secondary references:

62763 F. Dixon. 1850. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex xvi-422 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]
64387 R. Owen. 1850. Descriptions of the fossils of the Chalk Formation. Description of the fossil reptiles of the Chalk Formation. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex 378-404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14140ETE R. Owen. 1851. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous Formations. Part I. Chelonia (Lacertilia, etc.). The Palaeontographical Society, London 1851:1-118 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Benson]