Cambridge Greensand nodosaurs (PROXY): Early/Lower Cenomanian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Nodosauridae indet.
Marsh 1890
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| BMBG 004989, 020531–020533, 004992, 004993, | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Altitude: | 17 meters | ||||
| 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
| Geological group: | Chalk | Formation: | West Melbury Chalk | Member: | Cambridge Greensand |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: late Albian fossils reworked into the Cenomanian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | nodular sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collection method comments: in the A. F. Griffith collection of the Booth Museum but collector unknown) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Booth Museum | ||
| Database number: | 201163 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-05-01 16:17:07 | Last modified: | 2019-05-01 16:17:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-05-01 16:17:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 68912. | W. T. Blows. 2014. Notice of nodosaur (Dinosauria, Ankylosauria) remains from the mid-Cretaceous of Cambridge, England, with comments on cervical half-ring armour. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 125:56-62 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |