Atherfield Clay
Description
Source: Wikipédia
The Atherfield Clay Formation is a geological formation in Southern England. Part of the Lower Greensand Group it dates to the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous. The deposit is of marine origin largely consisting of massive yellowish brown to pale grey mudstones. The pterosaur Vectidraco is known from the formation. As is the Sandownid turtle Sandownia.
Découvertes
Source: The Paleobiology Database
Site(s) correspondant(s) à cette formation: 1
Hythe, Kent (BMNH) : England - Kent Publication(s)
La base comprend 9 publication(s).
Source: The Paleobiology Database
- ↑1 2 H. B. Mackeson. 1840. [On the 19th of May, Mr. Mackeson discovered some portions of a large saurian…]. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3:325
- ↑1 A. S. Woodward. 1908. Note on Dinodocus mackesoni, a cetiosaurian from the Lower Greensand of Kent. Geological Magazine, decade 5 5:204-206 (https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800121910)
- ↑1 R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204
- ↑1 R. Owen. 1851. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous Formations. Part I. Chelonia (Lacertilia, etc.). The Palaeontographical Society, London 1851:1-118 (https://doi.org/10.1080/25761900.2022.12131649)
- ↑1 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 (https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800173480)
- ↑1 R. Lydekker. 1888. Note on a new Wealden iguanodont and other dinosaurs. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 44:46-61 (https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1888.044.01-04.08)
- ↑1 A. S. Woodward and C. D. Sherborn. 1890. A Catalogue of British Fossil Vertebrata. Dulao & Company, London (https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s7-ix.210.13d)
- ↑1 E. Van Den Broeck. 1900. Les dépôts à Iguanodons de Bernissart et leur transfert dans l’étage Purbeckien ou Aquilonien du Jurassique supérieur. Exposé comprenant une revue de la faune des vertébrés du Purbeckien et du Wealdien dans le sud-est de l’Angleterre [The Iguanodon deposits of Bernissart and their transfer to the Purbeckian or Aquilonian stage of the Upper Jurassic. Presentation including a review of the vertebrate fauna of the Purbeckian and Wealden of southeast England ]. Mémoires de la Société Belge de Géologie de Paléontologie et d’Hydrologie 14:39-112
- ↑1 A. J. Charig. 1967. Archosauria. The Fossil Record: A Symposium with Documentation. Geological Society of London Special Publication 2:703-718
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