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Chit Rocks, Sidmouth, East Devon, Devon, England, UK
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 50.6794,-3.24583 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | England |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Sidmouth, East Devon, Devon, England, UK |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Chit Rocks, archosaur specimen, Otter Sst (EXEMS 60/1985.133) | Benton M. J., Gower D. J. (1997) | Sherwood Sandstone - Otter Sandstone | late Anisian: "The unit is dated as Anisian on the basis of faunal comparisons and matching with palynologically dated units in the English Midlands... This has since been confirmed by magnetostratigraphy (Hounslow and McIntosh 2003), who found that the lower parts of the Otter Sandstone Formation correspond to the early and mid Anisian, and the upper parts, which contain the majority of the macrofossils correlate with late Anisian and latest Anisian magnetozones on the marine standard." | not reported | 247.2 - 242 Ma Triassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Archosauria unranked clade | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauria | 247.2 - 242 Ma Triassic |
References
Benton M. J., Gower D. J. (1997) Richard Owen's giant Triassic frogs: archosaurs from the Middle Triassic of England, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17 1, 74-88 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!