Fissure Deposits of the United Kingdom

During his time at the VMNH, paleontologist Nicholas Fraser collected thousands of microvertebrate samples from Triassic fissure deposits from England and Wales. The samples include isolated bones and teeth of rhynchocephalians, procolophonians, drepanosaurs, indeterminate archosaurs, dinosauromorphs, and crocodylomorphs.

Sphenodontian dentary (possibly Fraserosphenodon latidens) from the Cromhall Quarry site.
Sphenodontian dentary (possibly Fraserosphenodon latidens) from the Cromhall Quarry site


Concentrate from Cromhall Quarry fissure site. Majority of specimens appear to be sphenodontian skull material.
Concentrate from Cromhall Quarry fissure site. The majority of the specimens appear to be sphenodontian skull material.

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