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Tilgate Forest, Mid Sussex, West Sussex, England, UK

Lat/Long (Decimal)	51.0864,-0.172222
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Given Location	England
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Mid Sussex, West Sussex, England, UK

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield	Lydekker R.	Wealden - Tunbridge Wells Sand - Grinstead Clay	'Hastings Beds' now a subgroup that includes the Ashdown Formation, the Wadhurst Clay Formation and the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation. Bed is the "Tilgate Grit."	sandstone	140.2 - 136.4 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Hylaeosaurus armatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Nodosauridae : Hylaeosaurus : *Hylaeosaurus armatus*	140.2 - 136.4 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Polacanthus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Nodosauridae : *Polacanthus*	140.2 - 136.4 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Iguanodon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : *Iguanodon*	140.2 - 136.4 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Thyreophora unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Lusitanosaurus : Thyreophora	140.2 - 136.4 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Plesiosauria unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sauropterygia : Plesiosauria	140.2 - 136.4 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Helochelydra bakewelli species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudinata : Helochelydridae : Helochelydra : *Helochelydra bakewelli*	140.2 - 136.4 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Platemys dixoni species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelidae : Platemys : *Platemys dixoni*	140.2 - 136.4 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hylaeochelys belli species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Hylaeochelys : *Hylaeochelys belli*	140.2 - 136.4 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pleurosternon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Pleurosternidae : *Pleurosternon*	140.2 - 136.4 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Chelone costata species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Cheloniidae : Chelone : *Chelone costata*	140.2 - 136.4 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sauropoda unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sauropoda	140.2 - 136.4 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Theropoda unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda	140.2 - 136.4 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Mantell G. A. Description of some fossil vegetables of the Tilgate Forest in Sussex, Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 2 1, 421-424

Lydekker R. , Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London, 1-309

Owen R. Monographs on the fossil Reptilia of the Mesozoic formations. Part II. (Genera Bothriospondylus, Cetiosaurus, Omosaurus) 29, 15-93

Anonymous Sussex, New Monthly Magazine 12 48, 575

Lydekker R. , Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia, 1-239

Mantell G. A. On the structure of the jaws and teeth of the Iguanodon, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 138, 183-202

Owen R. Part I. A monograph on the fossil chelonian reptiles of the Wealden clays and Purbeck limestones, Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Palaeontographical Society 7 25, 1-12

Galton P. M. (1985) British plated dinosaurs (Ornithischia, Stegosauridae), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5 3, 211-254

Milner A. R. (2011) Turtles, Palaeontological Association Field Guide to Fossils 14, 295-304

Pérez-García A. (2012) High diversity of pancryptodiran turtles in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe, Cretaceous Research 36, 67-82 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.02.004

Carrano M. T. (2020) Taxonomic opinions on the Dinosauria

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