Cambridge Greensand
| Cambridge Greensand Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous |
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|---|---|
| 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]
Contents
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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Table 11.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 215.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 367.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 417.
- ↑ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 443.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 270.
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- ↑ 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
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