Chalk pit or 'chalk cliff' at Houghton, near Arundel: Cenomanian - Maastrichtian, United Kingdom
collected by Henry Catt Esq. 1850
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosaurus bernardi n. sp.
Owen 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen vanum belonging to Plesiosauria | ||||||||||
| cervical vertebra | ||||||||||
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? Plesiosaurus sp.
de la Beche and Conybeare 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| tooth | ||||||||||
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Polyptychodon interruptus
Owen 1841
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Owen 1851 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen vanum belonging to Plesiosauria | ||||||||||
| tooth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 50.9° North, 0.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.1° North, 2.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| 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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | chalk |
| 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 Esq. | Collection dates: | October 1850 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 137423 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson, M. Carrano | Enterer: | R. Benson, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-17 03:59:01 | Last modified: | 2019-07-16 14:58:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-17 03:59:01 |
| 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] |
| 44004 | R. Owen. 1864. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous formations. Supplement no. IV. Sauropterygia (Plesiosaurus). Palaeontographical Society Monographs 16(70):1-18 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |