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
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Pseudoscyliorhinus reussi Herman 1977 ground shark | |
Prohaploblepharus riegrafi, Crassescyliorhinus germanicus, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Scyliorhinus elongatus, "Palaeoscyllium striatum" = Sigmoscyllium striatum, Pteroscyllium hermani
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 | |
Leptocharias cretaceus Underwood and Ward 2008 ground shark | |
Paratriakis robustus3, Palaeogaleus havreensis, "Paratriakis subserratus" = Palaeotriakis subserratus
Palaeogaleus havreensis Herman 1977 hound shark
"Paratriakis subserratus" = Palaeotriakis subserratus Underwood and Ward 2008 hound shark | |
"Squatina (Cretascyllium) hassei" = Squatina hassei2
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