TY  - BOOK
AU  - Owen,Richard
TI  - Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck formations
T2  - Cambridge library collection. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society
SN  - 9781316146286 (ebook)
AV  - QE701.P33 O97 2015
U1  - 560 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Reptiles, Fossil
KW  - Paleontology
KW  - England
KW  - Cretaceous
N1  - Originally published in London by the Palaeontographical Society in 1853; Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016)
N2  - Sir Richard Owen (1804-92) coined the term 'Dinosauria' in 1842 for the remains of three animals named from the Middle Jurassic and Early Cretaceous rocks of southern England: Megalosaurus, Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus. In his monograph on the Wealden and Purbeck Reptilia (published in five parts with nine supplements in 1853-79) he confirms the distinctiveness of this newly recognised group, building on earlier work by Gideon Mantell and others. Owen also reviewed the other reptiles then known from these Early Cretaceous faunas, including turtles, crocodiles and lizards. This work initiated major interest in the earliest Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group fauna, which remains one of the most diverse small reptile faunas known from the Mesozoic, as well as consolidating the international importance of the Wealden Group in dinosaur studies. The monograph remains a benchmark for many of the species described, particularly the crocodiles and turtles
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316146286
ER  -