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