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.

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Label Occurrences
Wealden Supergroup canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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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

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

Iguanodon fossils commonRockUnit Wealden Supergroup
Wealden Group partOf Wealden Supergroup