Wealden Group of southern England

E695023
geologic group

The Wealden Group of southern England is a Lower Cretaceous rock formation renowned for its rich dinosaur-bearing strata, particularly yielding important Iguanodon fossils.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wealden Group 1
Wealden Group of southern England canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic group ⓘ
contains coal seams ⓘ
ironstone ⓘ
containsFossil Baryonyx NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hypsilophodon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iguanodon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polacanthus NERFINISHED ⓘ
crocodyliforms ⓘ
fish ⓘ
ornithopod dinosaurs ⓘ
plants ⓘ
pterosaurs ⓘ
sauropod dinosaurs ⓘ
theropod dinosaurs ⓘ
turtles ⓘ
containsMember Ashdown Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hastings Beds NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wadhurst Clay Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Weald Clay Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
depositionalSetting non-marine ⓘ
environmentOfDeposition deltaic ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
lacustrine ⓘ
geologicAge Lower Cretaceous NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicPeriod Cretaceous NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicStage Berriasian to Aptian ⓘ
hasEconomicUse brick clay source ⓘ
iron ore source (historical) ⓘ
isImportantFor dinosaur paleontology ⓘ
non-marine Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy ⓘ
lithology clay ⓘ
conglomerate ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
locatedIn southern England NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Weald NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLocality Isle of Wight NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlies Purbeck Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Wealden Supergroup NERFINISHED ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Weald Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
underlies Hastings Beds in some local schemes ⓘ
Lower Greensand Group NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Iguanodon fossils → majorDiscoverySite → Wealden Group of southern England ⓘ
Wessex Basin → containsFormation → Wealden Group of southern England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wealden Group