Benton, M.J., Cook, E. and Hooker, J.J. 2005. Mesozoic and Tertiary Fossil Mammals and Birds of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series No. 32, JNCC, Peterborough.
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Acknowledgements
Access to the countryside
Conserving our fossil heritage — JNCC policy statement
Preface
1 Introduction to Mesozoic and Tertiary fossil mammals and birds M.J. Benton
A history of the study of fossil mammals and birds
Bird evolution
Mammal evolution
Fossil mammal and bird sites: distribution and range
The selection of Mesozoic and Tertiary fossil mammal and bird GCR sites
2 British Mesozoic fossil mammal GCR sites M.J.. Benton, J.J. Hooker and E. Cook
Introduction: Mesozoic stratigraphy and sedimentary setting
Mammal evolution during the Mesozoic Era
British Mesozoic Mammal GCR sites
Early Jurassic mammal and tritylodont sites
Windsor Hill Quarry, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Holwell Quarries, Frome, Somerset
Stonesfield Slate Mines, Oxfordshire
Kirtlington Old Cement Works, Kirtlington, Oxfordshire
Loch Scavaig, Skye and Lochalsh
Upper Chicksgrove Quarry, Wiltshire
3 British Tertiary fossil mammal GCR sites J.J. Hooker, E. Cook and M.J. Benton
Introduction
Tertiary stratigraphy and sedimentary setting
Mammal evolution in the British Tertiary Sub-era
British Tertiary mammal sites
Lacey's Farm Quarry, Totland, Isle of Wight
4 British Tertiary fossil bird GCR sites M.J. Benton and E. Cook
Introduction
Bird evolution in the British Tertiary Sub-era
British Tertiary bird sites
The London Clay Formation
Warden Point and the Isle of Sheppey, Kent
Lee-on-the-Solent, Gosport, Hampshire
General index