Sengwe Coalfield: Wordian, Zimbabwe
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Elonichthyiformes
- Acrolepidae
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Acrolepis molyneuxi
Woodward 1903
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| NHMUK P.9889 (specimen is labelled as Watsonichthys molyneuxi), NHMUK P.9840a, b, b | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Zimbabwe |
| Coordinates: | 22.3° South, 31.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.4° South, 9.9° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Guadalupian |
| Stage: | Wordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Wordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 266.9 - 264.28 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Ecca | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Ecca Shale | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | carbonaceous "shale" |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: South African Museum | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 131109 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez |
| Modifier: | S. Fasey | Research group: | freshwater,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-20 07:06:17 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-07-20 07:06:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42335. | B. G. Gardiner. 1962. Namaichthys Schroederi, Gürich and other Palaeozoic Fishes from South Africa. Palaeontology 5(1):9-21 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/S. Fasey] |