Durlston

42 occ. 13 taxa (3 genera) 1 countries

Description

The Durlston Formation is a geologic formation in England. Particularly in the Isle of Purbeck. It preserves fossils dating back to the Berriasian stage of the Lower Cretaceous.

Genera

3 genera

Iguanodon

Dinosaurs

Valid 1 occ. · 155 Ma

Purbeckopus

Pterosaurs

Valid Ichnogenus Formal taxon 1 occ. · 139 Ma

Megalosaurus

Dinosaurs

Valid 1 occ. · 206 Ma

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Geological context of the Lower Cretaceous deposits of southeast England, focussing on the Purbeck Group and Wealden Supergroup. (A) Schematic geology of the Lower Cretaceous deposits of the Weald Sub-basin (southeast England), highlighting published spinosaurid finds (Charig & Milner, 1997; Salisbury & Naish, 2011; Turmine-Juhel et al., 2019). Based on Austen & Batten (2018: Fig. 2). Note that various additional spinosaurid teeth are known from the region but remain undescribed in detail (Fowler, 2007). (B) Simplified stratigraphic column of the Weald Group in southeast England, based on Batten & Austen (2011: Fig. 3.2). Note that the Grinstead Clay Formation, which subdivides the Tunbridge Wells Sands Formation in Batten & Austen (2011) and from which the “Suchosaurus cultridens” type specimen was discovered (Salisbury & Naish, 2011), is downgraded to a member of the latter formation in other works (Hopson, Wilkinson & Woods, 2008) and has not been included in this column. Spinosaurid silhouette courtesy of Dan Folkes (CC-BY 4.0). © Chris T. Barker, Darren Naish, Neil J. Gostling · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

Geological group / Member

Purbeck / Stair Hole 32

Purbeck / Peveril Point 4

Purbeck 3

Purbeck / Corbula 1

Purbeck / Chief Beef 1

Purbeck / Broken Shell Limestone 1

Top countries

🇬🇧 United Kingdom 42

Depositional environments

Marginal marine indet. 19

Lagoonal 8

Peritidal 7

Terrestrial indet. 5

Lagoonal / restricted shallow subtidal 3

Top collectors

Ensom 11

J. Delair 5

E. Suttle 3

P. Brown 3

W. Oppé 3

H. White 3

A. Charig 3

B. Newman 3

C. Walker 3

A. B. Lander 2

D. Sole 2

E. Oppé 2

Collection activity by decade

1920s 2

1930s 4

1950s 2

1960s 18

1970s 1

1980s 2

1990s 2

2010s 2

2020s 2