Burgehill quarry near Eldersfield (Triassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: Worcestershire, United Kingdom (52.0° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Keuper Formation, Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 201.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: R. I. Murchison and H. E. Strickland. 1837. On the upper formations of the New Red System in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire, showing that the Red (Saliferous) marls with an included band of sandstone, represent the Keuper or Marnes iriseés, and that the underlying sandstone of Ombersley, Bromsgrove and Warwick, is part of the 'Bunter Sandstein,' or 'Grès bigarré' of foreign geologists. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2(50):563-565 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137692: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 18.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
"Hybodus keuperinus n. sp." = Acrodus keuperinus
"Hybodus keuperinus n. sp." = Acrodus keuperinus Murchison and Strickland 1837 elasmobranch
BMNH P.2766 (Enniskillen coll.)