Hapsford Bridge, Vallis Vale (Triassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.2° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westbury Formation (Penarth Group), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• Basal clay, Westbury beds, ?Rhaetipollis zone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, carbonaceous claystone

• Intertidal and very shallow marine conditions.
• Dark organic clay

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Charles Copp

• Specimens housed at Bristol City Museum.

Primary reference: C. J. Duffin. 1982. Teeth of a new selachian from the Upper Triassic of England. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1982(3):156-166 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120897: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Sargodon tomicus
Sargodon tomicus Plieninger 1847
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Gyrolepis albertii
Gyrolepis albertii Agassiz 1834
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys longidens
Saurichthys longidens Agassiz 1843 ray-finned fish
Chondrichthyes
 Euselachii -
"Vallisia coppi n. gen. n. sp." = Vallisodus coppi
"Vallisia coppi n. gen. n. sp." = Vallisodus coppi Duffin 1982 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes -
"Hybodus minor" = Rhomphaiodon minor
"Hybodus minor" = Rhomphaiodon minor Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
"Polyacrodus" minimus
"Polyacrodus" minimus Agassiz 1939 elasmobranch
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
"Ophiura" sp.
"Ophiura" sp. Lamarck 1801 brittle star
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
? Acteonina sp.
? Acteonina sp. d'Orbigny 1850 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp.
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Rhaetavicula contorta
Rhaetavicula contorta Portlock 1843 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp.
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha fimbriata
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta intusstriata
Atreta intusstriata Emmrich 1853 scallop
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea townshendi
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Aegeridae
Aeger gracilis n. sp.
Aeger gracilis n. sp. Förster and Crane 1984 decapod