Bayreuth (BMNH fish coll.) (Triassic to of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.0° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 16.4° N, 19.2° E)

When: Anisian to Anisian (247.2 - 237.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous limestone

• Muschelkalk and Lettenkohl

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the 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 131730: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 28.07.2012, edited by Roger Benson

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Colobodus frequens Dames 1888
BMNH P.7403 (Purchased)
Colobodus varius Giebel 1848
BMNH P. 7404 (Presented by C. Westendorp, Esq., 1884)
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Gyrolepis albertii3 Agassiz 1834
BMNH 1583a, P4625
Reptilia
 Placodontia - Placodontidae
Placodus gigas1 Agassiz 1833 placodont
bmnh R-1642, upper Muschelkalk, Bayreuth (original of Owen, 1858, PI. 10, Figs. 2-5); bmnh R-35868, upper Muschelkalk, Bayreuth; bmnh R-41096, upper Muschelkalk, Bayreuth (original of Seeley, 1889) (skulls)
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Acrodus gaillardoti2 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
BMNH 1117-8 (Braun coll.), 19683
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus plicatilis2 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
BMNH 28464 (purchased 1853), 1533 (Braun coll.),
Hybodus mougeoti2 Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
BMNH 1534-5 (Braun coll.), 19684 (purchased 1845)