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. The original source material for these web pages has been made available by the JNCC under the Open Government Licence 3.0. Full details in the JNCC Open Data Policy

Contents

The original source material for these web pages has been made available by the JNCC under the Open Government Licence 3.0. Full details in the JNCC Open Data Policy

Acknowledgements

Access to the countryside Museum abbreviations

1 Introduction

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

Middridge, Durham

Cutties Hillock, Grampian

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

Mid Triassic of Devon

High Peak (Sidmouth), east Devon

Otterton Point (Budleigh Salterton), east Devon

Late Triassic of Scotland

Lossiemouth East Quarry

Spynie

Findrassie

Upper Triassic of South Wales and central and south-west England

Bendrick Rock, South Glamorgan

Aust Cliff, Avon

Vertebrate-bearing fissure deposits of south-west England and South Wales

Slickstones (Cromhall) Quarry, Avon

Durdham Down, Avon

Emborough Quarry, Somerset

Tytherington 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

Loftus, 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

Stonesfield, Oxfordshire

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

Durlston Bay, Dorset

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)

Hastings, East Sussex

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

Late Cretaceous (the Chalk)

Culand Pits, Burham, 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

Warden Point, Kent

Barton Cliff, Hampshire

Hordle Cliff, Hampshire

Headon Hill (Alum Bay–Totland), Isle of Wight

Oligocene

Bouldnor and Hamstead Cliffs, Isle of Wight

Pleistocene

References

Glossary

Fossil index

General index

Figures