Stonesfield pterosaurs (PROXY): Middle Bathonian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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Pterodactylus bucklandi n. sp.
Meyer 1832
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1 specimen | pterosaur |
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| recombined as Rhamphocephalus bucklandi | ||||||||||
| Holotype mandible | ||||||||||
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Rhamphocephalus bucklandi
(Meyer 1832)
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Unwin 1996 | 100 specimens | pterosaur |
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| Hundreds of isolated bones, representing all parts of the skeleton | ||||||||||
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Pterodactylus aclandi n. sp.
Owen 1874
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Owen 1874 | 1 specimen | pterosaur |
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| synonym of Rhamphocephalus bucklandi | ||||||||||
| Holotype wing-phalanx | ||||||||||
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Pterodactylus duncani n. sp.
Owen 1874
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Owen 1874 | 1 specimen | pterosaur |
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| synonym of Rhamphocephalus bucklandi | ||||||||||
| Holotype wing-phalanx | ||||||||||
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Pterodactylus kiddi n. sp.
Owen 1874
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Owen 1874 | 1 specimen | pterosaur |
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| synonym of Rhamphocephalus bucklandi | ||||||||||
| Holotype wing-phalanx | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Oxfordshire |
| Coordinates: | 51.9° North, 1.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.5° North, 8.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Bathonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Bathonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 167.7 - 164.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Great Oolite | Formation: | Taynton Limestone | Member: | Stonesfield Slates |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
| Geology comments: "Deposition following storm events in shallow marine conditions" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection,salvage |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH,OUM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92057 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-28 06:18:01 | Last modified: | 2009-10-28 08:20:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-28 06:18:01 |
Reference information
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