Wealden Group of southern England

E695023

The Wealden Group of southern England is a Lower Cretaceous rock formation renowned for its rich dinosaur-bearing strata, particularly yielding important Iguanodon fossils.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wealden Group 7
Wealden Group of southern England canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic group ⓘ
contains coal seams ⓘ
ironstone ⓘ
containsFossil Baryonyx ⓘ
Hypsilophodon ⓘ
linked to: Hypsilophodontidae

Iguanodon ⓘ
Polacanthus ⓘ
crocodyliforms ⓘ
fish ⓘ
ornithopod dinosaurs ⓘ
plants ⓘ
pterosaurs ⓘ
sauropod dinosaurs ⓘ
theropod dinosaurs ⓘ
turtles ⓘ
containsMember Ashdown Formation ⓘ
linked to: Hythe Formation

Hastings Beds ⓘ
Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation ⓘ
Wadhurst Clay Formation ⓘ
Weald Clay Formation ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
depositionalSetting non-marine ⓘ
environmentOfDeposition deltaic ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
lacustrine ⓘ
geologicAge Lower Cretaceous ⓘ
linked to: Early Cretaceous
geologicPeriod Cretaceous ⓘ
geologicStage Berriasian to Aptian ⓘ
hasEconomicUse brick clay source ⓘ
iron ore source (historical) ⓘ
isImportantFor dinosaur paleontology ⓘ
non-marine Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy ⓘ
lithology clay ⓘ
conglomerate ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
locatedIn southern England ⓘ
namedAfter Weald ⓘ
notableLocality Isle of Wight ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
Sussex ⓘ
overlies Purbeck Group ⓘ
partOf Wealden Supergroup ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Weald Basin ⓘ
underlies Hastings Beds in some local schemes ⓘ
Lower Greensand Group ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iguanodon fossils → majorDiscoverySite → Wealden Group of southern England ⓘ
Wessex Basin → containsFormation → Wealden Group ⓘ
linked to: Wealden Group of southern England
Gideon Mantell → studied → Wealden Group ⓘ
linked to: Wealden Group of southern England
Wealden Supergroup → partOf → Wealden Group ⓘ
linked to: Wealden Group of southern England
Wessex Formation → partOf → Wealden Group ⓘ
linked to: Wealden Group of southern England
Hylaeosaurus → fossilsFoundIn → Wealden Group ⓘ
linked to: Wealden Group of southern England
Weald Clay → partOf → Wealden Group ⓘ
linked to: Wealden Group of southern England
Portland–Wight Basin → containsFormation → Wealden Group ⓘ
linked to: Wealden Group of southern England