velociraptor Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Hi all. I collect fossils in the weald. Anyone know if any ceratopsian remains have been discovered in this region? Even suspected. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Thw Wealden beds were deposited before the first Ceratopsians evolved so no, there are no even suspected fossils of that group in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velociraptor Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Just as i thought.The earliest were around 110 million,then (as it states in one of my books). I have found a large (13 inches high,without a dorsal spine) thyreophrian dorsal vertebra.The usual dino's in my locale are Iguanodon,Hylaeosaurus,theropod and sauropod. It doesn't compare very well with Hylaeosaurus/Polacanthus dorsal vert's.I don't think it is Stegosaur.Quite unlike Iggy,thero and saurpod (which are characterized by their lattice cell structure anyway).The rib facet is large,the centrum higher than long- 6 inches high,only 5 inches length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marnixR Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Hi all.I collect fossils in the weald. Anyone know if any ceratopsian remains have been discovered in this region? Even suspected. Thanks. v.doubtful - the oldest ceratopsians known are younger than the Weald deposits + were found in Mongolia / China I don't have to know an answer. I don't feel frightened by not knowing things; by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose — which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell, possibly. It doesn't frighten me. ~ Richard Feynman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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