Also known as Hylaeosaurus type

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tilgate Grit Member (Grinstead Clay Formation), Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. Mantell & P. Fuller in 1832-1850; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. A. Mantell. 1851. Petrifactions and Their Teachings; or, a Hand-Book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British Museum. Henry G. Bohn, London 1-496 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52258: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 02.08.2005