Valmer railway cutting: Cretaceous, United Kingdom
collected by Henry Catt <1851
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Polyptychodon interruptus
Owen 1841
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen vanum belonging to Plesiosauria | ||||||||||
| tooth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Sussex |
| Coordinates: | 50.9° North, 0.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.2° North, 4.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1-8 |
| Key time interval: | Cretaceous |
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Stratigraphic horizon not stated | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| 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: | <1851 |
| Collection method comments: Found during cutting of the Lewes Railway | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lewes | ||
| Database number: | 137422 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-17 03:54:20 | Last modified: | 2019-07-16 14:52:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-17 03:54:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
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] | |
| 14140 | ETE | 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] |