Where: England, United Kingdom (51.6° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 0.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Westbury Formation (Penarth Group), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• Bonebed is at the base of the Westbury Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, lenticular, sandy conglomerate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: P. Egerton. 1854. On some new genera and species of fossil fishes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 13:433-436 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122365: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.12.2011, edited by Priscilla Vazquez and Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pholidophorus nitidus Egerton 1854 | |
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Osteichthyes | |
"Saurichthys acuminatus" = Birgeria acuminata7
"Saurichthys acuminatus" = Birgeria acuminata7 Agassiz 1843 BMNH 23353,23813 (purchased 1849), 44835a (presented by Benjamin Bright, Esq. 1873)
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Ceratodus latissimus6 Agassiz 1838 lungfish BMNH 23153, 28280, 28495, 29035, 35002-4, 35007, 36357, 41287, 42721, P.5012, 23153a, 24840, 28280a, 28495a, 28541, 28858, 34984-5, 35005, 35008, 36387a, 41287a, 42721a, P.344, P.761 (Egerton coll.)
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Reptilia | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
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Nemacanthus monilifer3 Agassiz 1836 elasmobranch BMNH 23153b, 23812, 24840, 43852, 44835, 46830, P.2217 (Egerton coll.)
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"Hybodus minor" = Rhomphaiodon minor5
"Hybodus minor" = Rhomphaiodon minor5 Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch BMNH P.2193a, P.2176 (Egerton coll.), 34986, 41293, 24840, P.430 (purchased 1850, 1860, 1869, 1882)
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"Hybodus cloacinus" = Polyacrodus cloacinus5
"Hybodus cloacinus" = Polyacrodus cloacinus5 Quenstedt 1858 elasmobranch BMNH 23153a-b (purchased 1849), P.2193 (Egerton coll.)
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"Acrodus minimus" = Lissodus minimus5
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"Dalatias barnstonensis" = Pseudodalatias barnstonensis4
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