Benton, M.J. & Spencer, P.S. 1995. Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series No. 10, JNCC, Peterborough, ISBN 0 412 62040 5.
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Reptilian evolution
Stratigraphy
How the sites were selected
2 British Carboniferous fossil reptile sites
3 British Permian fossil reptile sites
Introduction: Permian stratigraphy and sedimentary setting
Reptile evolution during the Permian
British Permian reptile sites
Masonshaugh Quarry, Cummingstown, Grampian
4 British Triassic fossil reptile sites
Introduction: Triassic stratigraphy and sedimentary setting
Reptile evolution during the Triassic
British Triassic reptile sites
Grinshill Quarries, Shropshire
Coten End Quarry, Warwick, Warwickshire
Guy's Cliffe, Warwick, Warwickshire
High Peak (Sidmouth), east Devon
Otterton Point (Budleigh Salterton), east Devon
Upper Triassic of South Wales and central and south-west England
Bendrick Rock, South Glamorgan
Vertebrate-bearing fissure deposits of south-west England and South Wales
Slickstones (Cromhall) Quarry, Avon
5 British Early Jurassic fossil reptile sites
Introduction: Jurassic stratigraphy and sedimentary setting
Reptile evolution during the Jurassic
British Jurassic reptile sites
Early Jurassic
Lyme Regis (Pinhay Bay–Charmouth), Dorset
Whitby–Saltwick (East Pier–Whitestone Point), Yorkshire
6 British Mid Jurassic fossil reptile sites
Introduction: British Mid Jurassic reptile sites
Mid Jurassic (Bathonian) of Scotland
Kildonnan and Eilean Thuilm, Eigg
Mid Jurassic (Bathonian) of southern England
New Park Quarry, Longborough, Gloucestershire
Huntsman's Quarry, Naunton, Gloucestershire
Shipton-on-Cherwell Quarry, Oxfordshire
Kirtlington Old Cement Works Quarry, Kirtlington, Oxfordshire
7 British Late Jurassic fossil reptile sites
Introduction: British Late Jurassic reptile sites
Oxfordian
Kimmeridgian
Portlandian: Portland Beds
Late Portlandian to Early Berriasian: Purbeck Beds
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
Furzy Cliff, Overcombe, Dorset
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of England
Smallmouth Sands, Weymouth, Dorset
Roswell Pits, Ely, Cambridgeshire
Chawley Brick Pits, Cumnor, Hurst Oxfordshire
Kimmeridge Bay (Gaulter Gap–Broad Bench), Dorset
Encombe Bay, Swyre Head–Chapman's Pool, Dorset
Late Jurassic (Portlandian) of England
Isle of Portland reptile sites
Bugle Pit, Hartwell, Buckinghamshire
8 British Cretaceous fossil reptile sites
Introduction: Cretaceous stratigraphy and sedimentary setting
Reptile evolution during the Cretaceous
British Cretaceous reptile sites
Early Cretaceous: Wealden (Berriasian–Barremian)
Black Horse Quarry, Telham, East Sussex
Hare Farm Lane, Brede, East Sussex
Smokejacks Pit, Ockley, Surrey
Brook–Atherfield, Isle of Wight
Yaverland, Sandown, Isle of Wight
Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian)
Wicklesham Pit, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
East Wear Bay, Folkestone, Kent
St James's Pit, Norwich, Norfolk
9 British Caenozoic fossil reptile sites
Introduction: British Caenozoic stratigraphy and sedimentary setting
Reptile evolution during the Caenozoic
British Caenozoic reptile sites
Late Palaeocene and Eocene
Headon Hill (Alum Bay–Totland), Isle of Wight
Bouldnor and Hamstead Cliffs, Isle of Wight
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