Armagh, Ireland (BMNH) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
Where: United Kingdom (54.3° N, 6.7° W: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 2.2° W)
When: Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)
• Lower 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 1-613 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137333: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 14.12.2012
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Taxonomic list
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| Placodermi | |
Cosmacanthus carinatus n. sp., Cosmacanthus marginalis n. sp., "Nemacanthus priscus" = Cosmacanthus priscus
Cosmacanthus carinatus n. sp. Davis 1883 armour-plated fish
Cosmacanthus marginalis n. sp. Davis 1883 armour-plated fish
"Nemacanthus priscus" = Cosmacanthus priscus Mcoy 1848 armour-plated fish | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
"Physonemus attenuatus" = Damocles attenuatus
"Physonemus attenuatus" = Damocles attenuatus Davis 1883 elasmobranch | |
"Ctenacanthus heterogyrus" = Eunemacanthus heterogyrus, Gnathacanthus triangularis n. sp., Gnathacanthus striatus n. sp., Physonemus arcuatus
"Ctenacanthus heterogyrus" = Eunemacanthus heterogyrus McCoy 1855 elasmobranch
Physonemus arcuatus McCoy 1848 elasmobranch | |
Acondylacanthus distrans, Acondylacanthus colei, Acondylacanthus tenuistriatus, Acondylacanthus attenuatus, Ctenacanthus laevis n. sp., Ctenacanthus pustulatus n. sp.
Acondylacanthus distrans elasmobranch
Acondylacanthus colei Davis 1883 elasmobranch
Acondylacanthus tenuistriatus Davis 1883 elasmobranch
Acondylacanthus attenuatus Davis 1883 elasmobranch
Ctenacanthus laevis n. sp. Davis 1883 elasmobranch | |
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Asteroptychius ornatus Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch | |
Lispacanthus retrogradus n. sp.
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"Ctenacanthus sulcatus" = Amelacanthus sulcatus
"Ctenacanthus sulcatus" = Amelacanthus sulcatus Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch | |
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Oracanthus milleri Agassiz 1836 spiny fish | |
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Homacanthus microdus M'Coy 1848 spiny fish | |
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Deltoptychius acutus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
"Pleurogomphus auriculatus n. sp." = Copodus auriculatus, Copodus furcatus n. sp., Copodus spatulatus n. sp., "Mesogomphus lingua n. sp." = Copodus lingua, Copodus cornutus n. sp.
"Pleurogomphus auriculatus n. sp." = Copodus auriculatus Davis 1883 chimaera BMNH P.2601, P.2585 (Enniskillen coll.)
Copodus spatulatus n. sp. Davis 1862 chimaera BMNH P.2513, P.2579, P.2514, P.2585, P.2595-8 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.1408-9 (Egerton Coll.), P.2504a, 26053a (purchased 1851), P.5362 (Wilson coll.)
Copodus cornutus n. sp. Davis 1843 chimaera BMNH P.2580-4, P.2584a-c, (Enniskillen Coll.), P.1406-7 (Egerton Coll.), 26053-4, 28506 (purchased 1851, 1864), P.2507 (purchased 1878)
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Psammodus trapeziformis Davis 1883 chimaera | |
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Psephodus magnus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Cochliodus contortus, Streblodus colei, Streblodus oblongus, Paecilodus gibbosus, Paecilodus jonesii, Erismacanthus jonesi, Erismacanthus major
Cochliodus contortus Agassiz 1837 chimaera
Streblodus colei Davis 1883 chimaera
Streblodus oblongus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Paecilodus gibbosus Davis 1883 chimaera
Paecilodus jonesii Mcoy 1855 chimaera
Erismacanthus jonesi chimaera
Erismacanthus major Davis 1883 chimaera | |
"Xystrodus striatus" = Platyxystrodus striatus
"Xystrodus striatus" = Platyxystrodus striatus M'Coy 1855 chimaera | |
Mesolophodus problematicus n. sp.
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Ctenoptychius dentatus, "Petalodus serratus" = Ctenoptychius serratus
Ctenoptychius dentatus Owen 1840 chimaera BMNH P.3008-9 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.1441 (Egerton coll.), 28926, 28936 (purchased 1854)
"Petalodus serratus" = Ctenoptychius serratus Owen 1840 chimaera | |
Petalodus davisii n. sp., Glossodus lingusbovis, Polyrhizodus magnus, Polyrhizodus elongatus n. sp., Polyrhizodus colei n. sp., Polyrhizodus attenuatus n. sp.
Petalodus davisii n. sp. Woodward 1889 chimaera BMNH P.2656-a (Enniskillen Coll.), P.1463 (Egerton Coll.)
Glossodus lingusbovis Mcoy 1848 chimaera
Polyrhizodus magnus M'Coy 1848 chimaera | |