Hastings Beds

Hastings Beds Stratigraphic range: Valanginian, 140–136 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Group
Unit of	Wealden Supergroup
Sub-units	Turbridge Wells Sand Formation Grinstead Clay Formation Wadhurst Clay Formation Ashdown Formation
Underlies	Weald Clay Group
Location
Region	Europe
Country	UK

The Hastings Beds are a group of geological formations in southeast England whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the included formations.^[1]

1 Vertebrate paleofauna
- 1.1 Ornithischians
- 1.2 Saurischians
2 See also
3 Footnotes
4 References

Vertebrate paleofauna

Ornithischians

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative data are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ data are discredited.

Ornithischians reported from the Hastings Beds
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Barilium	B. dawsoni^[2]	East Sussex^[2]	Wadhurst Clay	"[Two] partial skeletons."^[3]	An iguanodontian
Hylaeosaurus^[4]	H. armatus^[4]	East Sussex^[2] West Sussex^[5]		"Partial skull, skeleton, isolated postcrania."^[6]
Hypselospinus	H. fittoni^[2]	East Sussex^[2]	Wadhurst Clay		An iguanodontian
Iguanodon^[7]	I. anglicus^[5]	West Sussex^[5]		"Teeth and postcranial fragments."^[8]	Nomen dubium
	I. bernissartensis^[5]	West Sussex^[5]			Remains once tentatively referred to I. bernissartensis are now regarded as being I. anglicus remains.^[5]
	I. dawsoni^[2]				Reclassified as Barilium dawsoni
	I. fittoni^[2]				Reclassified as Hypselospinus fittoni
	I. hollingtoniensis^[2]				Junior synonym of I. fittoni.^[2]
Regnosaurus^[5]	R. northamptoni^[5]	West Sussex^[5]			Nomen dubium.^[5]
Streptospondylus^[5]	S. major^[5]				Junior synonym of Iguanodon anglicus.^[5]
Thecospondylus^[9]	T. horneri^[9]	Kent^[9]		"Internal mold of sacrum."^[10]	Dubious genus that has been variously classified as either a saurischian or ornithischian. It is currently only tentatively regarded as dinosaurian.^[9]
Valdosaurus^[5]	V. canaliculatus^[5]	West Sussex^[5]

Saurischians

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative data are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ data are discredited.

Saurischians reported from the Hastings Beds
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Becklespinax^[2]	B. altispinax^[2]	East Sussex^[2]		"Dorsal vertebrae."^[11]
Bothriospondylus	B. magnus				Junior synonym of Ornithopsis hulkei
Cetiosaurus^[4]	C. brevis^[4]	East Sussex^[2] West Sussex^[5]			Nomen dubium.^[4]
Chondrosteosaurus	C. magnus				Junior synonym of Ornithopsis hulkei
Megalosaurus^[7]	M. dunkeri^[4]				Reclassified as Altispinax dunkeri, all definitive remains actually from Obernkirchen Sandstein.
	M. oweni^[5]	West Sussex^[5]			Reclassified as Valdoraptor oweni.^[5]
	Indeterminate^[9]	~~Kent~~^[9]			The Kent "Megalosaurus sp." remains are now attributed to an indeterminate theropod.^[9]
Ornithopsis^[2]	O. hulkei^[2]	East Sussex^[2]			A dubious sauropod species
Pelorosaurus^[4]	P. coneybeari^[5]	West Sussex^[5]		"Humerus [and four] caudal vertebrae."^[12]	A basal titanosauriform
Pelorosaurus^[4]	P. hulkei				Junior synonym of Ornithopsis hulkei
"Pelorosaurus"	"P." becklesi^[2]	East Sussex^[2]			A titanosaur
Pleurocoelus^[4]	P. valdensis^[4]	East Sussex^[2] West Sussex^[5]			A dubious basal titanosauriform^[4]
Thecospondylus^[9]	T. horneri^[9]	Kent^[9]			Dubious genus that has been variously classified as either a saurischian or ornithischian. It is currently only tentatively regarded as dinosaurian.^[9]
Valdoraptor^[9]	V. oweni^[9]	Kent^[9]		"Metatarsals."^[13]
Wyleyia^[5]	W. valdensis^[5]	West Sussex^[5]
Unnamed maniraptoran	Specimen BEXHM: 2008.14.1^[14]		Ashdown formation		Possibly an oviraptorosaur^[14]

Footnotes

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^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "10.19 East Sussex, England; 1. Hastings Beds" in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 559.
^ "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 416.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "10.19 East Sussex, England; 1. Hastings Beds" and "10.18 West Sussex, England; 1. Hastings Beds" in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 559.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z "10.18 West Sussex, England; 1. Hastings Beds" in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 559.
^ "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 366.
^ ^a ^b "10.19 East Sussex, England; 1. Hastings Beds" and "10.18 West Sussex, England; 1. Hastings Beds" and "10.21 Kent, England; 1. Hastings Beds"in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 559.
^ "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 415.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "10.21 Kent, England; 1. Hastings Beds" in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 559.
^ "Table 2.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 26.
^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 73.
^ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 266.
^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 77.
^ ^a ^b Naish, D. and Sweetman, S.C. (2011). "A tiny maniraptoran dinosaur in the Lower Cretaceous Hastings Group: evidence from a new vertebrate-bearing locality in south-east England." Cretaceous Research, 32: 464-471. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.03.001

References

Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.