[F] Wessex Formation - England
Wessex Formation - England
The Wessex Formation is a largely argillaceous non-marine unit in which the most conspicouus lithologies are red or variegated clays with subordinate sandstones. Much of the Wessex Formation is concidered to be Hauterivian-Barremian in age although the lower part may be Valanginian.
Aristosuchus pusillus - Coelurosauria Compsognathidae - Cretaceous Early Berriasian Valanginian Hauterivian
Eotyrannus lengi - Isle of Wight - Theropoda Tyrannosauria - Cretaceous Early ?Barremian
Eucamerotus foxi - Isle of Wight - Sauropoda Nomina Dubia - Cretaceous Early Valanginian Hauterivian Barremian
Hylaeosaurus armatus - Isle of Wight - Ankylosauria Nodosauridae - Cretaceous Early Valanginian Hauterivian Barremian
Neovenator salerii - Isle of Wight - Carnosauria Allosauridae - Cretaceous Early Barremian
Ornithopsis eucamerotus ? - Isle of Wight - Sauropoda Nomina Dubia - Cretaceous Early Valanginian Hauterivian Barremian
Polacanthus rudgwickensis - West Sussex, England - Ankylosauria Ankylosauridae - Cretaceous Early Barremian
Proplanicoxa galtoni - Wessex Formation, Isle of Wight - Ornithopoda Iguanodontia - Cretaceous Early Barremian
Yaverlandia bitholus - Isle of Wight - Pachycephalosauria Pachycephalosauridae - Cretaceous Early Barremian
Sauropoda indet. Single brachiosaurid sauropod cervical vertebra a partial centrum length of 745 mm it represents the largest sauropod cervical reported from Europe and is close in size to cervical vertebrae of the giant brachiosaurid Brachiosaurus brancai from Late Jurassic Tanzania. The complete animal probably exceeded 20 m in total length. The specimen shares important morphological characters with Sauroposeidon proteles from Early Cretaceous USA, including extensive lateral fossae and well-developed posterior centroparapophyseal laminae, indicating that it is part of a Brachiosaurus-Sauroposeidon clade, and in some characters is intermediate between the two. Owing to the complexities of Isle of Wight sauropod taxonomy the specimen isnot attributed to a named taxon. - Isle of Wight - Sauropoda - Cretaceous Early Barremian