Geological formation with diverse fossils, Isle of Wight
Vectis Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Aptian ~125 Ma
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Type
Geological formation
Unit of
Wealden Group
Sub-units
Shepherds Chine, Barnes High Sandstone & Cowleaze Chine Members
Underlies
Atherfield Clay Formation
Overlies
Wessex Formation
Thickness
Up to 66 m (217 ft)
Lithology
Primary
Siltstone, mudstone
Other
Sandstone, limestone, ironstone
Location
Coordinates
50°42′N1°06′W / 50.7°N 1.1°W / 50.7; -1.1
Approximate paleocoordinates
40°48′N9°42′E / 40.8°N 9.7°E / 40.8; 9.7
Region
England
Country
UK
Extent
Dorset, Isle of Wight
Vectis Formation (England)
The Vectis Formation is a geological formation on the Isle of Wight and Swanage, England whose strata were formed in the lowermost Aptian, approximately 125 million years ago.[1][2] The environment of deposition was that of a freshwater coastal lagoon with occasional marine influence after the early Aptian marine transgression, transitioning from the floodplain environment of the underlying Wessex Formation. The primary lithology is of laminated grey mudstones. The Vectis Formation is composed of three geological members: the Shepherds Chine member, the Barnes High Sandstone member, and the Cowleaze Chine member. It is overlain by the fully marine Atherfield Clay Formation, part of the Lower Greensand Group. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[3]
^"Magnetostratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Vectis Formation (Wealden Group) on the Isle of Wight, Southern England."
^Batten, D. J. (ed.) 2011. English Wealden Fossils. The Palaeontological Association, London.
^Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 556-563. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
The VectisFormation is a geological formation on the Isle of Wight and Swanage, England whose strata were formed in the lowermost Aptian, approximately...
Look up vectis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vectis may refer to: Vectis, the ancient Roman name for the Isle of Wight Vectis Bus Company, the forerunner...
1530) found in Lower Cretaceous strata of the Wessex Formation (Upper Silty Bed; VectisFormation) on the Isle of Wight. it was described as the earliest...
genus of leptocleidid plesiosaurian known from the Early Cretaceous VectisFormation (late Barremian stage) of Isle of Wight, in the United Kingdom. It...
terrestrial carnivores. Istiodactylus is known from the Wessex Formation and the younger VectisFormation, which represent river and coastal environments that were...
layer of rock known as the VectisFormation in Compton Chine, it is the first identifiable theropod from the VectisFormation. The study was led by Christopher...
"White Rock spinosaurid" is the nickname of a giant spinosaur from the VectisFormation of the Isle of Wight described in 2022. Its remains are so fragmentary...
85 m (7.3–9.4 ft). A series of neck vertebrae from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation indicate a pliosaur, probably Pliosaurus, that may have been up to 14...
Cretaceous dinosaurs were dominating western and Central Europe as the Tremp Formation in Spain dates back to that age. Examples of dinosaurs from Maastrichtian...
consists of two formations: the Wessex Formation and overlying VectisFormation. In the Weald Basin, the Wealden Group consists of four formations: the Ashdown...
Upper Weald Clay (Barremian age), Sussex, England. A specimen from the VectisFormation (lower Aptian age), Isle of Wight, found in 1995 and seen as a "Leptocleidus...
Wessex Formation and dating to the late Barremian, about 126 million years old. Reports that Hypsilophodon would be present in the later VectisFormation, Galton...
(2013). "A new leptocleidid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the VectisFormation (Early Barremian–early Aptian; Early Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight...
(2013). "A new leptocleidid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the VectisFormation (Early Barremian–early Aptian; Early Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight...
The Atherfield Clay Formation is a geological formation in Southern England. Part of the Lower Greensand Group it dates to the Aptian age of the Early...
theropods reported to date, is described from the Lower Cretaceous VectisFormation (United Kingdom) by Barker et al. (2022). Sereno et al. (2022) interpret...
(2012). "A new leptocleidid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the VectisFormation (Early Barremian–early Aptian; Early Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight...
and its possible synonym Heterosuchus have both been found from the VectisFormation of the Isle of Wight in England, dating back to the Barremian stage...
partial skull recovered from Barremian-age rocks of the Lower Cretaceous VectisFormation (Wealden Group) of the Isle of Wight. This skull, BMNH R 177, is short...
originally discovered by Reginald Walter Hooley in 1914 in the upper VectisFormation of southern England and reported upon in 1917. He posthumously named...
(2013). "A new leptocleidid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the VectisFormation (Early Barremian–early Aptian; Early Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight...
Jurassic (Tithonian) Brodiechelys VectisFormation, United Kingdom, Early Cretaceous (Barremian) Arcillas de Morella Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)...
recovered from named geologic formations (e.g. the Morrison Formation or the Hell Creek Formation). When this is not the case, a city or landmark near the...
(2012). "A new leptocleidid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the VectisFormation (Early Barremian–early Aptian; Early Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight...
(2013). "A new leptocleidid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the VectisFormation (Early Barremian–early Aptian; Early Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight...
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