Where: England, United Kingdom (55.1° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.9° N, 7.0° E)
When: Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by T. Atthey in 1860-1868
Primary reference: T. Atthey. 1868. On the occurence of the palatal teeth of a fish belonging to the Genus Climaxodus, M'Coy, in the Low-main Shale of Newsham. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series 2:321-323 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132670: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 24.08.2012, edited by Bethany Allen, Sophie Fasey and Joseph Flannery-Sutherland
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Petalodus sp. chimaera | |
Paecilodus sp. Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Pleurodus rankinii Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Pleuracanthus laevissimus, "Orthacanthus cylindricus" = Pleuracanthus cylindricus
Pleuracanthus laevissimus Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch
"Orthacanthus cylindricus" = Pleuracanthus cylindricus Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch | |
Cladodus mirabilis Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch | |
"Ctenacanthus hybodioides" = Sphenacanthus hybodioides
"Ctenacanthus hybodioides" = Sphenacanthus hybodioides Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch | |
Amphibia | |
Batrachiderpeton lineatum n. sp.3
Batrachiderpeton lineatum n. sp.3 Hancock and Atthey 1869 tetrapod Hancock Museum, Newcastle-on-Tyne
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Coelacanthimorpha | |
Coelacanthus lepturus Agassiz 1843 coelacanth | |
Osteichthyes | |
Strepsodus sauroides Binney 1841 lobe-finned fish | |
"Amphicentrum sp." = Chirodus
"Amphicentrum sp." = Chirodus M'Coy 1848 | |
Platysomus parvulus Williamson 1849
Platysomus rotundus1 Hancock and Atthey 1872 | |
Gyrolepis rankinii Agassiz 1844 | |
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Leptacanthus | |
Leptacanthus sp. Agassiz 1836 |