Gainsborough, Lea Railway Cutting: Rhaetian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Pseudodalatiidae
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| 4 specimens | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Lincolnshire |
| Coordinates: | 53.4° North, 0.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.4° North, 9.1° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic |
| Stage: | Rhaetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rhaetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 205.7 - 201.4 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | pyritic lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | sieve,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Wollaton Hall Museum of Natural History, Nottingham | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 137318 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-14 12:28:13 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-14 12:28:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 45976. | J. H. Sykes. 1974. Teeth of Dalatias barnstonensis in the British Rhaetic. Mercian Geologist 5(1974):39-48 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/P. Vazquez] |