Mansfeld, Thüringia (BMNH): Wuchiapingian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Elonichthyiformes
- Acrolepididae
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Acrolepis sedgwicki
Agassiz 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| BMNH P3411, 15401, 1992 | ||||||||||
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Elonichthyiformes
- Acrolepidae
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Acrolepis exsculptus
(Kurtze 1839)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH P3410 | ||||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Platysomidae
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Platysomus gibbosus
(Blainville 1818)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH 44864 | ||||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Palaeoniscidae
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Palaeoniscus freieslebeni
(Blainville 1818)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| BMNH 857-8, P.6298, 33217, P.1020, P.6293 | ||||||||||
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Palaeoniscus magnus
Agassiz 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| BMNH 15405, 18506 | ||||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Pygopteridae
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Pygopterus humboldti
Agassiz 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| BMNH P.3414-a, 18505 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany |
| Coordinates: | 51.6° North, 11.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.1° North, 23.2° East |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Lopingian |
| Stage: | Wuchiapingian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Wuchiapingian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 259.51 - 254.14 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Marl Slate, Kupferschiefer |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 140944 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-19 15:03:00 | Last modified: | 2013-03-18 23:03:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-19 15:03:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38758. | A. S. Woodward. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2 [W. Dahdul/B. Frable ] |