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

Enaliornis barretti - "Braincases, vertebrae, pelvis [and] limb elements.."[2] Enaliornis sedgwicki - "Hindlimb elements."[2]

Anoplosaurus curtonotus - "Partial postcranium."[3] Anoplosaurus major - "Cervical vertebrae."[3] "Vertebrae."[4]

Acanthopholis eucercus - "[Two] caudal centra."[3]

Acanthopholis platypus - "Metatarsals I-V."[5] "Phalanx, caudal centra."[3] Acanthopholis macrocercus - "Osteoderms."[3] "Vertebrae, fragmentary skeleton elements."[4] Acanthopholis stereocercus - "Partial skull."[3] "Vertebrae."[4]

Eucercosaurus tanyspondylus "Vertebrae."[3]

Trachodon cantabrigiensis "Dentary tooth."[6]

See also

References

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  1. ^ 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. ^ a b "Table 11.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 215.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 367.
  4. ^ a b c "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 417.
  5. ^ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 270.
  6. ^ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 443.