South Lodge Pit, Taplow, lower horizon (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.5° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 1.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Uintacrinus socialis other zone, Taplow Phosphatic Chalk Member (Newhaven Chalk Formation), Middle Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• Lower phosphatic horizon is Uintacrinus socialis Zone, mid Santonian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, phosphatic chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D.J. Ward; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic

Primary reference: C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2008. Sharks of the order Carcharhiniformes from the British Coniacian, Santonian and Campanian (Upper Cretaceous). Palaeontology 51:509-536 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213380: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Agaleorhynchus britannicus1 Guinot et al. 2012 ray
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatos" sp.1 Link 1790 guitarfish
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias adneti2 Vullo 2005 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon hermani2 Siverson 1992 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Nanocorax microserratodon2 Shimada 2008 mackerel shark
Squalicorax kaupi2 Agassiz 1843 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudocoracidae
Pseudocorax laevis2 Leriche 1906 mackerel shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Leptochariidae
Leptocharias cretaceus Underwood and Ward 2008 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
"Palaeoscyllium striatum" = Sigmoscyllium striatum Underwood and Ward 2008 cat shark
Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis Underwood and Ward 2008 cat shark
Scyliorhinus elongatus Davis 1887 cat shark
Pteroscyllium hermani Underwood and Ward 2008 cat shark
Crassescyliorhinus germanicus Herman 1982 cat shark
 Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae
Pararhincodon ornatus2 Guinot et al. 2013 collared carpetshark
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium frequens2 Guinot et al. 2013 carpet shark