Where: United Kingdom (53.2° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 7.6° S, 1.1° E)
When: Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Geological Museum of hte University of Cambridge (Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences)
Primary reference: F. M'Coy. 1855. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks, with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils.Fasciculus 3, Mollusca and Palaeozoic fishes. British Palaeozoic Fossils, Part II. Palaeontology 407-666 [G. Webster/G. Webster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132729: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 25.08.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Chirodus pesranae M'Coy 1848 | |
Holoptychius hopkinsii M'Coy 1848 lobe-finned fish | |
Acrolepis hopkinsi M'Coy 1848 ray-finned fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Poecilodus foveolatus M'Coy 1848 chimaera | |
"Climaxodus imbricatus" = Janassa imbricatus
"Climaxodus imbricatus" = Janassa imbricatus M'Coy 1848 chimaera | |
Ctenoptychius serratus Owen 1840 chimaera | |
Petalodus aliformis chimaera
Petalodus acuminatus Agassiz 1838 chimaera | |
Petrodus patelliformis McCoy 1848 elasmobranch | |
"Pristicladodus dentatus" = Dicrenodus dentatus
"Pristicladodus dentatus" = Dicrenodus dentatus M'Coy 1848 elasmobranch | |
Leptacanthus | |
? Leptacanthus junceus M'Coy 1848 |