Where: England, United Kingdom (54.5° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 9.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the BMNH
• Fishes purchased by BMNH
Primary reference: A. S. Woodward. 1895. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part III 1-544 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122373: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.12.2011, edited by Priscilla Vazquez, Roger Benson and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Actinopteri | |
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Leptolepis saltviciensis Simpson 1884 BMNH 41724 (Toulmin Smith Coll.), P.7586 (history unknown), 36017, 36316 (Purchased 1851, 1860)
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"Pachycormus acutirostris" = Pachycormus macropterus, "Pachycormus curtus" = Pachycormus macropterus, Saurostomus esocinus
"Pachycormus acutirostris" = Pachycormus macropterus de Blainville 1818 BMNH P.7571 (purchased), P.2038, P.3706, P.884f, P.3703 (Egerton & Enniskillen Colls.),
"Pachycormus curtus" = Pachycormus macropterus de Blainville 1818 BMNH P.464, P.3698, P.885, P.3710-b, P.2037-b, P.3712 (Egerton & Enniskillen Colls.), 35583 (purchased 1859)
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"Lepidotus semiserratus" = Lepidotes semiserratus
"Lepidotus semiserratus" = Lepidotes semiserratus Agassiz 1836 gar BMNH P.7409, P.7410 (purchased), P.35556 (purchased 1859), P.5213, P.5223 (presented by John Edward Lee, Esq., 1885), P.6394 (Beckles coll.)
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| Reptilia | |
Teleosaurus brevior n. sp.2
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"Thaumatosaurus cramptoni" = Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni1, "Thaumatosaurus propinquus" = Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus1
"Thaumatosaurus cramptoni" = Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni1 Carte and Baily 1863 plesiosaur BMNH R.1008 (anterior cervical vertebra), R.1365 (chevrons), 40123 (?chevron), all without acquisition history or collections data
"Thaumatosaurus propinquus" = Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus1 Phillips 1854 plesiosaur BMNH 33098-33099 (partial propodial and tibia/radius), 33115 (four caudal vertebrae and some phalanges) all purchased around 1860
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| Osteichthyes | |
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Ptycholepis bollensis Agassiz 1832 ray-finned fish BMNH P.5222 (presented by Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., 1878), 35580-82 (purchased 1859), 20579 (purchased 1846), 36015 (purchased 1861), 20659 (purchased 1846), P.7175 (purchased 1864), 22534 (purchased 1848), 19655-58 (purchased 1845)
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Gyrosteus mirabilis Agassiz 1843 ray-finned fish BMNH 36185 (purchased 1861), 43304 (1871), P.7520 (1895)
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