Sample SLC11d, Speeton (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.2° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 1.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Acanthoceras rhotomagense ammonoid zone, Ferriby Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Tottenhoe Stone Facies

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical

• Repository: Liverpool City Museum (National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside; LIVCM).

Primary reference: C. J. Underwood and S. F. Mitchell. 1999. Albian and Cenomanian selachian assemblages from north-east England. Special Papers in Palaeontology 60:9-59 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213365: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
"Scyliorhinus" dubius Woodward 1889 cat shark
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus dubrisiensis Mackie 1863 elasmobranch
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
"Notorhynchus aptiensis" = Gladioserratus aptiensis, Hexanchus sp.
"Notorhynchus aptiensis" = Gladioserratus aptiensis Pictet 1865 cow shark
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark
 Squaliformes - Etmopteridae
? Eoetmopterus sp. Muller and Schollmann 1989 shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark
Protosqualus sigei Cappetta 1977 dogfish shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
"Squatina cf. cranei" = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei, "Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei" = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei
"Squatina cf. cranei" = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei Woodward 1888 angel shark
"Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei" = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei Woodward 1888 angel shark
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus ? canaliculatus Egerton and Woodward 1889 bullhead shark