Cambridge Greensand
| Cambridge Greensand Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Europe |
The Cambridge Greensand is a geological formation in England whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
Birds
Enaliornis barretti - "Braincases, vertebrae, pelvis [and] limb elements.."[2]
Enaliornis sedgwicki - "Hindlimb elements."[2]
Enaliornis seeleyi - "Assorted cranial and postcranial elements"
Ornithischians
Anoplosaurus curtonotus - "Partial postcranium."[3]
Anoplosaurus major - "Cervical vertebrae."[3] "Vertebrae."[4]
Acanthopholis eucercus - "[Two] caudal centra."[3]
Acanthopholis platypus (in part) - "Phalanx, caudal centra."[3]
Acanthopholis macrocercus (aka Syngonosaurus) - "Osteoderms."[3] "Vertebrae, fragmentary skeleton elements."[4]
Acanthopholis stereocercus - "Osteoderms."[3] "Vertebrae."[4]
Eucercosaurus tanyspondylus - "Vertebrae."[3]
Trachodon cantabrigiensis - "Dentary tooth."[5]
Saurischians
Acanthopholis platypus (in part) - "Metatarsals I-V."[6]
Macrurosaurus semnus - "Caudal vertebrae"[6]
Pterosaurs
"Ornithocheirus" capito
"Ornithocheirus" denticulatus
"Ornithocheirus" platystomus
"Ornithocheirus" polyodon
Ichthyosaurs
See also
References
- ↑ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 556-563. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- 1 2 "Table 11.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 215.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 367.
- 1 2 3 "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 417.
- ↑ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 443.
- 1 2 "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 270.
- ↑ Taissa Rodrigues and Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner (2013). "Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England". ZooKeys 308: 1–112. doi:10.3897/zookeys.308.5559. PMC 3689139. PMID 23794925.
- ↑ Unwin D.M., 2001, "An overview of the pterosaur assemblage from the Cambridge Greensand (Cretaceous) of Eastern England", Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 4: 189–221
- ↑ Averianov A.O. (2012). "Ornithostoma sedgwicki – valid taxon of azhdarchoid pterosaurs". Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 316 (1): 40–49.
- ↑ Valentin Fischer, Nathalie Bardet, Myette Guiomar and Pascal Godefroit (2014). "High Diversity in Cretaceous Ichthyosaurs from Europe Prior to Their Extinction". PLoS ONE 9 (1): e84709. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084709.