Lewes (Middle Chalk): Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Heterodontus laevis n. sp.
Guinot et al. 2013
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | East Sussex |
| Coordinates: | 50.9° North, 0.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.7° North, 1.6° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified chalk |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 213571 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-09-05 18:01:18 | Last modified: | 2020-09-05 18:01:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-09-05 18:01:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 73757. | G. Guinot, C. J. Underwood, H. Cappetta and D. J. Ward. 2013. Sharks (Elasmobranchii: Euselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of France and the UK. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11:589-671 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |