Unknown Lepidosaur locality (Patricosaurus type): Early/Lower Cenomanian, United Kingdom
collected by Mr A. F. Griffith 1880
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Patricosaurus merocratus n. gen., n. sp.
Seeley 1887
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| nomen dubium belonging to Lepidosauria | ||||||||||
| SMC B58401 (syntype) | ||||||||||
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Archosauria indet.
(Cope 1869)
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| SMC B58402 (syntype), a sacral vertebra (nomen dubium of Patricosaurus merocratus) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Cambridgeshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.2° North, 0.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.0° North, 1.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cambridge Greensand |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic silty marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Mr A. F. Griffith | Collection dates: | 1880s |
Metadata
| Database number: | 138318 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-12 03:06:20 | Last modified: | 2017-05-19 13:56:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-12 03:06:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44242. | P. M. Barrett and S. E. Evans. 2002. A reassessment of the Early Cretaceous reptile 'Patricosaurus merocratus' Seeley from the Cambridge Greensand, Cambridgeshire, UK. Cretaceous Research 23:231-240 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |