PBDB Collection

Ticknall, near Melbourne, South Derbyshire (BMNH) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (52.8° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.9° N, 9.3° E)

When: Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

• Upper Carboniferous

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 1:1-613 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137321: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 14.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae	Pristodus benniei, Petalorhynchus psittacinus Pristodus benniei Etheridge 1875 chimaera BMNH P.5344, P.5344a-b (Wilson Coll.) Petalorhynchus psittacinus Agassiz 1843 chimaera BMNH P.5340-1 (Wilson Coll.)
Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae	Petalodus acuminatus Petalodus acuminatus Agassiz 1838 chimaera BMNH P.613 (Egerton Coll.), P.5342 (Wilson Coll.), 46816-7 (Gilbertson Coll.)
Petalodontiformes - Janassidae	Janassa imbricata Janassa imbricata chimaera BMNH P.5339 (Wilson Coll.)
Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae	Paecilodus jonesii, Pleuroplax woodi, Streblodus colei Paecilodus jonesii Mcoy 1855 chimaera BMNH P.5356, P.5355-a, (Wilson coll.), 46818 (Gilbertson coll.) Pleuroplax woodi Davis 1883 chimaera BMNH P.5357 (Wilson Coll.) Streblodus colei Davis 1883 chimaera BMNH P.5349 (Wilson coll.)
Menaspiformes - Deltoptychiidae	Deltoptychius acutus, Deltoptychius gibberuius Deltoptychius acutus Agassiz 1843 chimaera BMNH p.5352 (Wilson coll.) Deltoptychius gibberuius Davis 1883 chimaera BMNH P.53510-1 (Wilson coll.)
Chondrenchelyiformes - Chondrenchelyidae	"Xystrodus striatus" = Platyxystrodus striatus "Xystrodus striatus" = Platyxystrodus striatus M'Coy 1855 chimaera BMNH P.5354 (Wilson coll.)