Wealden Supergroup

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The Wealden Supergroup is a sequence of Early Cretaceous sedimentary rocks in southern England and parts of Europe, renowned for its rich dinosaur fossil record including numerous Iguanodon remains.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wealden Supergroup canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic supergroup ⓘ
containsFossil Baryonyx ⓘ
Hypsilophodon ⓘ
linked to: Hypsilophodontidae

Iguanodon ⓘ
Mantellisaurus ⓘ
Polacanthus ⓘ
Valdosaurus ⓘ
crocodyliforms ⓘ
early mammals ⓘ
freshwater fishes ⓘ
ornithopod dinosaurs ⓘ
plants ⓘ
pterosaurs ⓘ
sauropod dinosaurs ⓘ
theropod dinosaurs ⓘ
containsSubunit Ashdown Formation ⓘ
Hastings Beds ⓘ
Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation ⓘ
Vectis Formation ⓘ
Wadhurst Clay Formation ⓘ
Weald Clay Formation ⓘ
Wessex Formation ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
environmentOfDeposition deltaic ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
lacustrine ⓘ
geologicAge Aptian ⓘ
Barremian ⓘ
Berriasian ⓘ
Hauterivian ⓘ
Valanginian ⓘ
geologicTimePeriod Early Cretaceous ⓘ
lithology clay ⓘ
coal ⓘ
conglomerate ⓘ
ironstone ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
notableFor abundant Iguanodon remains ⓘ
rich dinosaur fossil record ⓘ
overlies Purbeck Group ⓘ
partOf Wealden Group ⓘ
region Isle of Wight ⓘ
Weald Basin ⓘ
northern Germany ⓘ
linked to: Northern Germany

northwest France ⓘ
southern England ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Weald Basin ⓘ
underlies Lower Greensand Group ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Iguanodon fossils → commonRockUnit → Wealden Supergroup ⓘ
Wealden Group → partOf → Wealden Supergroup ⓘ