Where: England, United Kingdom (54.9° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 17.5° N, 14.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Raisby Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Kirkby, Dixon, Wake, Howse
• Repository: Newcastle-upon-Tyne museum
Primary reference: J. W. Kirkby. 1862. On the remains of fish and plants from the upper limestone of the Permian series of Durham. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 9:267-269 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122376: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.12.2011, edited by Sophie Fasey
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
"Palaeoniscus abbsii n. sp." = Acentrophorus glaphyrus, "Palaeoniscus varians n. sp." = Acentrophorus varians
"Palaeoniscus varians n. sp." = Acentrophorus varians Kirkby 1862 |