Kimmeridge Clay

Bothriospondylus suffossus. Fig. 1. Hind view of terminal centrum of sacral vertebra. Fig. 2. Right side view of the same. Fig. 3. hæmal view of the same. Fig. 4. Neural view of mutilated centrum of sacral vertebra, restored in outline. Fig. 5. Right side view of the same. Fig. 6. hæmal view of the same, restored in outline. All the figures are of the natural size. From the Kimmeridge Clay at Swindon, Wilts. In the British Museum.

Paleogeography and paleoclimate of the Late Jurassic - 150 Ma with dinosaur fossil localities: A = Tendaguru Formation, Tanzania C1 = Shishugou & Kalazha Formations, China C2 = Shangshaximiao (Upper Shaximiao) Formation, China E1 = Sables de Glos, Argiles d’Octeville, Marnes de Bléville, Kimmeridge Clay, Calcareous Grit, Corallian Oolite, Oxford Clay, Portland Stone, England & France E2 = Villar del Arzobispo, Alcobaça, Guimarota, Sobral, Amoreira-Porto Novo, Bombarral, Freixial, Lourinhã Formations, Spain & Portugal M1-6 = Morrison Formation, United States S1 = Toquí & Cañadón Calcáreo Formations, Chile & Argentina

Beach and cliffs, Egmont Bight The grey cliffs here are of Upper Kimmeridge Clay, and prone to erosion by storm waves coming in from the south-west. The small rocks in the foreground are the eroded remains of the foot of a mudslide from the Houns-tout cliff.