Chapel House, Chipping Norton (OUM): Bajocian, United Kingdom
collected by J. Kingdom, W. Stone 1825

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842
1 individual
"a crocodile"
    = Streptospondylus cuvieri n. sp. Owen 1842
Owen 1842
nomen dubium belonging to Tetanurae
Cetiosaurus hypoolithicus n. sp. Owen 1842
Upchurch and Martin 2003
nomen nudum belonging to Sauropoda
Cetacea indet. (Brisson 1762)
9 specimens
"a whale"
    = Cetiosaurus sp. Owen 1841
Owen 1841
    = Cetiosaurus medius n. sp. Owen 1842
Owen 1842
nomen dubium belonging to Sauropoda
OUM + centrum (RCS)
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Oxfordshire
Coordinates: 51.9° North, 1.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.1° North, 9.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bajocian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Bajocian
Age range of interval:170.90000 - 168.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Inferior Oolite
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:OUM
Collectors:J. Kingdom, W. Stone Collection dates:1825
Collection method comments: discovered by John Kingdom, esq., on June 3, 1825; later sent to Buckland and Owen for study
Metadata
Also known as:Chapelhouse
Database number:53521
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-09-11 15:48:23 Last modified:2023-08-25 16:20:17
Access level:the public Released:2005-09-11 15:48:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
51962. J. Kingdom. 1825. [The situation in which certain bones of very large size…]. The Philosophical Magazine and Journal 66(327):64 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

51963 J. Kingdom. 1825. [The situation in which certain bones of very large size…]. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:229 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
63762 G. A. Mantell. 1854. The Medals of Creation; or, First Lessions in Geology, and the Study of Organic Remains 2:447-930 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29200ETE R. Owen. 1841. Description of a portion of the skeleton of the Cetiosaurus, a gigantic extinct saurian reptile occurring in the Oolitic formations of different portions of England. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3, part 2(80):457-462 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14071ETE R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
9842 R. Owen. 1854. Descriptive catalogue of the Fossil organic remains of Reptilia and Pisces contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London 1-184 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
85721 R. Owen. 1860. Palaeontology or a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their Geological Relations 1-420 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
23773ETE J. Phillips. 1871. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1-523 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/E. Vlachos]
14456ETE P. M. Upchurch and J. Martin. 2003. The anatomy and taxonomy of Cetiosaurus (Saurischia, Sauropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of England. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1):208-231 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30971ETE A. S. Woodward and C. D. Sherborn. 1890. A Catalogue of British Fossil Vertebrata. Dulao & Company, London 1-396 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]