Sample 6a, South Ferriby (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.7° N, 0.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 2.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mortoniceras inflatum ammonoid zone, Hunstanton Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• Hysteroceras varicosum subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified marl

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 213372: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
? Protoscyliorhinus sp., Pteroscyllium ornatum, Parasymbolus reticularis n. sp.
Pteroscyllium ornatum Underwood and Mitchell 1999 cat shark
Parasymbolus reticularis n. sp. Underwood and Mitchell 1999 cat shark
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
cf. Hemiscyllium sp., Pseudospinax heterodon
cf. Hemiscyllium sp. Smith 1837 carpet shark
Pseudospinax heterodon Underwood and Mitchell 1999 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae
Pararhincodon cf. lehmani
Pararhincodon cf. lehmani Cappetta 1980 collared carpetshark
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Cretorectolobus gracilis n. sp.
Cretorectolobus gracilis n. sp. Underwood and Mitchell 1999 wobbegong
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Protosqualus pachyrhiza n. sp., Protosqualus sigei
Protosqualus pachyrhiza n. sp. Underwood and Mitchell 1999 dogfish shark
Protosqualus sigei Cappetta 1977 dogfish shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
"Squatina cf. cranei" = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei
"Squatina cf. cranei" = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei Woodward 1888 angel shark
 Rajiformes -
Squatirhina thiesi
Squatirhina thiesi Biddle 1993 ray
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
"Notorhynchus aptiensis" = Gladioserratus aptiensis
"Notorhynchus aptiensis" = Gladioserratus aptiensis Pictet 1865 cow shark
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus nitidus, Synechodus dubrisiensis
Synechodus nitidus Woodward 1912 elasmobranch
Synechodus dubrisiensis Mackie 1863 elasmobranch