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Langton Matravers, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UKi
Regional Level Types
Langton MatraversCivil Parish
PurbeckDistrict
DorsetUnitary Authority
EnglandConstituent Country
UKCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
429592
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:429592:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Langton Matravers, Purbeck, Dorset, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
German:
Langton Matravers, Purbeck, Dorset, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Italian:
Langton Matravers, Purbeck, Dorset, Inghilterra, Regno Unito
Cebuano:
Langton Matravers, Purbeck District, Dorset, Inglatera, Hiniusang Gingharian
Dutch:
Langton Matravers, Purbeck, Dorset, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Farsi/Persian:
لانگتون ماتراورس, دورست, انگلستان, بریتانیا
Irish Gaelic:
Langton Matravers, Sasana, An Ríocht Aontaithe
Ladin:
Langton Matravers
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Langton Matravers, Dorset, Eng-tē, Liân-ha̍p Ông-kok
Norwegian:
Langton Matravers, Purbeck, Dorset, England, Storbritannia
Polish:
Langton Matravers, Purbeck, Dorset, Anglia, Wielka Brytania
South Azerbaijani:
لانقتون ماتراورس, اینگیلیس, بیرلشمیش شاهلیق
Swedish:
Langton Matravers, Purbeck, Dorset, England, Storbritannien
Turkish:
Langton Matravers, Dorset, İngiltere, Birleşik Krallık
Welsh:
Langton Matravers, Dorset, Lloegr, Y Deyrnas Unedig


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Fossils

There are 10 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences21
Youngest Fossil Listed140 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed168 Ma (Middle Jurassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Purbeck - Durlston - Stair Hole13145 - 139.8 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Purbeck - Durlston - Peveril Point1145 - 139.8 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Purbeck5145 - 139.8 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Purbeck - Durlston - Intermarine1145 - 139.8 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Neomiodon
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Neomiodontidae : Neomiodon145 - 139.8 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Osteichthyes
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes145 - 139.8 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pterodactyloidea
suborder
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Pterodactyloidea145 - 139.8 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ctenochasmatidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Ctenochasmatidae145 - 139.8 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Theropoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda145 - 139.8 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Iguanodontidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Iguanodontidae145 - 139.8 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Megalosauria
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Megalosauria145 - 139.8 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Viviparus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architaenioglossa : Viviparidae : Viviparus145 - 139.8 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hydrobia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Hydrobiidae : Hydrobia145 - 139.8 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cypridea
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Cyprideidae : Cypridea145 - 139.8 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Purbeckopus pentadactylus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Pteraichnidae : Purbeckopus : Purbeckopus pentadactylus145 - 139.8 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Gnathosaurus macrurus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Gnathosaurus : Gnathosaurus macrurus145 - 139.8 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Plataleorhynchus streptophorodon
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Plataleorhynchus : Plataleorhynchus streptophorodon145 - 139.8 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tribactonodon bonfieldi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Tribactonodon : Tribactonodon bonfieldi145 - 139.8 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Bradfordirhynchia bradfordensis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchonellidae : Bradfordirhynchia : Bradfordirhynchia bradfordensis167.7 - 164.7 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 10 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langton_Matravers
Wikidata ID:Q1004098
GeoNames ID:2644899

Localities in this Region

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
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