Lyme Regis theropod (PROXY): Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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? Zanclodon sp.
Plieninger 1846
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH 41352 | ||||||||||
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= Megalosaurus lydekkeri n. sp.
Huene 1926
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Huene 1926 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Theropoda | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 2.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.2° North, 3.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Disassociated minor elements: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92620 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-18 15:33:43 | Last modified: | 2017-09-15 10:44:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-18 15:33:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14142. | ETE | R. Lydekker. 1888. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London 1-309 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 31205 | ETE | R. B. J. Benson and P. M. Barrett. 2009. Dinosaurs of Dorset: part I, the carnivorous dinosaurs (Saurischia, Theropoda). Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 130:133-147 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 14128 | ETE | F. v. Huene. 1926. The carnivorous Saurischia in the Jura and Cretaceous formations, principally in Europe. Revista del Museo de La Plata 29:35-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 63357 | R. S. Lull. 1924. Dinosaurian climatic response. In M. R. Thorpe (ed.), Organic Adaptation to Environment 225-279 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |