Avon Fissure Fill

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Avon Fissure Fill
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Henry Riley & Samuel Stutchbury
Year defined1836
Avon Fissure Fill is located in England
Avon Fissure Fill

The Avon Fissure Fill, also known as the Bristol Fissure Fill or Tytherington Fissure Fill,

Lower Carboniferous limestones.[1]

It is paired with the nearby Magnesian Conglomerate; it may have been the same formation as the Magnesian Conglomerate.[1]

Paleofauna

Taxon Species Presence Notes Images
Agnosphitys[2][3] A. cromhallensis[2][3] Geographically present in Avon, England (now Bristol).[2] Its remains include a left ilium (holotype) and a left maxilla, astragalus and humerus (referred specimen).[2]
Agrosaurus[4][2] A. macgillivrayi[4][2] Geographically present in Avon, England (now Bristol). Originally believed to have been found in Cape York Peninsula, Queensland (Australia).[2] A tibia, a claw and some other fragments.[2]
Asylosaurus[2][5] A. yalensis[2][5] Geographically present in Avon, England (now Bristol).[2][6] Dorsal
gastralia, a shoulder girdle, humeri, a partial forearm, and a hand; additional bones from the neck, tail, pelvis, arm and legs that may represent the same individual.[5][2]
Chimaeriformes[7]
 Indeterminate[7] Geographically present in Bristol.[2] Indeterminate remains.[7]
Clevosaurus[8] C. hudsoni[8] Geographically present in Gloucestershire.[2] Partial cranial and post-cranial skeleton (holotype).[8]
Crinoidea[7]
 Indeterminate[7] Geographically present in Bristol.[2] Reworked from older Carboniferous sediments (Friars Point Limestone Formation).[9]
Diphydontosaurus[7] D. avonensis[7] Geographically present in Bristol.[2] Complete to near-complete specimens.[7]
Hybodontiformes?[10] Indeterminate[10] Geographically present in Bristol.[2] Indeterminate remains.[10]
Gyrolepis[11] Indeterminate[11] Geographically present in Bristol.[2] Indeterminate remains.[11]
Lissodus[10] L. minimus[10] Geographically present in Bristol.[2] Teeth.[10]
Palaeosaurus[2][5] P. cylindrodon[2][5] Geographically present in Avon, England (now Bristol) and Bristol.[2] Two teeth (one destroyed in 1940).[2]
Planocephalosaurus[12][13] P. robinsonae[12][13] Geographically present in Bristol.[2] Skull (holotype).[12]
Rhomphaiodon[10] R. minor[10] Geographically present in Bristol.[2] Teeth.[10]
Rileyasuchus[2][14][15] R. bristolensis[2][14][15] Geographically present in Bristol.[2] Two vertebrae and a humerus.[2]
Terrestrisuchus?[10][7] Indeterminate[10][7] Geographically present in Bristol and South Wales.[2] Indeterminate remains.[10][7]
Theropoda[2] Indeterminate[2] Geographically present in Avon, England (now Bristol) and Bristol.[2] Indeterminate remains.[2] Possibly similar to Pendraig milnerae.[16]
Thecodontosaurus[2] T. antiquus[2] Geographically present in Avon, England (now Bristol) and Bristol.[2] Partial cranial and postcranial remains (holotype is a lower jaw).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Magnesian Conglomerate in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am Langer, 2004. Basal Saurischia. In Weishampel, Dodson and Osmolska. The Dinosauria Second Edition. University of California Press. 861 pp.
  3. ^ a b Nicholas C. Fraser, Kevin Padian, Gordon M. Walkden and A. L. M. Davis, 2002. Basal dinosauriform remains from Britain and the diagnosis of the Dinosauria. Palaeontology. 45(1), 79-95.
  4. ^ a b H. G. Seeley. (1891). On Agrosaurus macgillivrayi (Seeley), a saurischian reptile from the N.E. coast of Australia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 47:164-165
  5. ^
    Galton, Peter
    (2007). "Notes on the remains of archosaurian reptiles, mostly basal sauropodomorph dinosaurs, from the 1834 fissure fill (Rhaetian, Upper Triassic) at Clifton in Bristol, southwest England". Revue de Paléobiologie. 26 (2): 505–591.
  6. ^ Riley H and Stutchbury S (1836a) "A description of various remains of three distinct saurian animals discovered in the autumn of 1834, in the Magnesian Conglomerate on Durdham Down, near Bristol". Geological Society of London, Proceedings, 2 (45): 397-399.
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  8. ^ a b c W. E. Swinton. (1939). A new Triassic rhynchocephalian from Gloucestershire. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, and Geology'' '''4''':591-59
  9. hdl:1983/5afdc677-3ea0-4519-813d-6052ef8370ec
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  10. ^
    Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
    125. 317–332. .
  11. ^
    S2CID 5332637
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  12. ^ a b c Fraser, N.C. (November 1982). "A New Rhynchocephalian from the British Upper Trias" (PDF). Palaeontology. 25 (4): 709–725.
  13. ^ a b Fraser, N.C.; Walkden, G.M. (August 1984). "The postcranial skeleton of the Upper Triassic sphenodontid Planocephalosaurus robinsonae" (PDF). Palaeontology. 27 (3): 575–595.
  14. ^ a b von Huene, F. (1902). Überischt über die Reptilien der Trias. Geologische und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, Neu Folge 8:97-156. [German]
  15. ^ a b Kuhn, O. (1961). Die Familien der rezenten und fossilen Amphibien und Reptilien. Meisenbach:Bamberg, 79 p.
  16. PMC 8493203
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