South Lodge Pit, Taplow, upper 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: Marsupites testudinarius other zone, Taplow Phosphatic Chalk Member (Newhaven Chalk Formation), Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• Upper phosphatic horizon is Marsupites testudinarius Zone, upper 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 213381: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae
Pararhincodon crochardi3 Herman 1977 collared carpetshark
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium frequens3 Guinot et al. 2013 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Cederstroemia havreensis3 Herman 1977 wobbegong
 Lamniformes - Eoptolamnidae
Eoptolamna supracretacea3 Guinot et al. 2013 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias adneti3 Vullo 2005 sand shark
Carcharias latus3 Davis 1890 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon hermani3 Siverson 1992 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudocoracidae
Pseudocorax laevis3 Leriche 1906 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi3 Agassiz 1843 crow shark
Nanocorax microserratodon3 Shimada 2008 mackerel shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Pseudoscyliorhinidae
Pseudoscyliorhinus reussi Herman 1977 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Prohaploblepharus riegrafi Müller 1989 cat shark
Crassescyliorhinus germanicus Herman 1982 cat shark
Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis Underwood and Ward 2008 cat shark
Scyliorhinus elongatus Davis 1887 cat shark
"Palaeoscyllium striatum" = Sigmoscyllium striatum Underwood and Ward 2008 cat shark
Pteroscyllium hermani Underwood and Ward 2008 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Leptochariidae
Leptocharias cretaceus Underwood and Ward 2008 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Paratriakis robustus3 Guinot et al. 2013 hound shark
Palaeogaleus havreensis Herman 1977 hound shark
"Paratriakis subserratus" = Palaeotriakis subserratus Underwood and Ward 2008 hound shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
"Squatina (Cretascyllium) hassei" = Squatina hassei2
"Squatina (Cretascyllium) hassei" = Squatina hassei2 Leriche 1929 angel shark
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatos" sp.1 Link 1790 guitarfish
 Rajiformes -
Squatirhina lonzeensis1 Casier 1947 ray