Cirin, Ain, BMNH Coll. (Jurassic of France)

Where: France (46.3° N, 5.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 14.5° E)

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• Lower Kimmeridgian (Lithographic Stone)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) III:1-544 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131960: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 03.08.2012, edited by Jonathan Tennant

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Thalassemys hugii n. sp.
Thalassemys hugii n. sp. Rütimeyer 1873 turtle
Holotype: MSS1, carapace with imprint and bones
Osteichthyes
 Halecomorphi - Ophiopsiidae
Ophiopsis attenuata
Ophiopsis attenuata Wagner 1863 ray-finned fish
BMNH P.1093 (Egerton Coll.)
Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
"Disticholepis fourneti" = Macrosemius fourneti, "Disticholepis dumortieri" = Macrosemius dumortieri
"Disticholepis fourneti" = Macrosemius fourneti Thiollière 1854
BMNH P.4685-a (purchased 1884), P.1091 (Egerton Coll.)
"Disticholepis dumortieri" = Macrosemius dumortieri Thiollière 1873
BMNH P.4684 (purchased 1884)
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Aspidorhynchus sp.
Aspidorhynchus sp. Agassiz 1833
BMNH P.2058 (Egerton Coll.)
 Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Pholidophorus sp.
Pholidophorus sp. Agassiz 1832
BMNH P.4687 (purchased 1884)