Ornithodesmus
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Ornithodesmus is a genus of small, dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Isle of Wight in England, dating to about 125 million years ago. The name, along with that of the type and only species, O. cluniculu
Ornithodesmus cluniculus
Modern photo of the holotype sacrum, with museum labels and a note written on 20 May 1988 confirming that Ornithodesmus cluniculus was not a pterosaur
A selection of Wessex Formation dinosaurs. On the left is Iguanodon. In the foreground is a group of Hypsilophodon being pursued by an Eotyrannus. In the right background is a Neovenator. In the midground is a pair of basal ornithomimosaurs.
Wessex Formation
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The Wessex Formation is a fossil-rich English geological formation that dates from the Berriasian to Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous. It forms part of the Wealden Group and underlies the youn
Ornithodesmus
…Seeley in 1887, based on a set of six fused vertebrae from the hip (sacrum), specimen number BMNH R187. The specimen was found by the Rev.William Fox in Wessex Formation sediments from Brook Bay, on the Isle of Wight. After his death, the so-called "Fox collection" fell into the hands of the British Museum of Natural…
Exposure of the Wessex Formation west of Chilton Chine
Wessex Formation mudstones
Cast of a dinosaur footprint, Wessex Formation
Close up of L6 plant debris bed, showing charcoalised plant matter suspended in grey mudstone