Where: England, United Kingdom (51.2° N, 3.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 33.7° N, 8.5° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Westbury Formation (Penarth Group), Rhaetian (205.7 - 201.4 Ma)
• Bone bed horizon 40 cm above the base of the Rhaetic Westbury Fm
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: sieve,
• Repository: Institute of Geological Sciences Museum, London
Primary reference: J. H. Sykes. 1974. Teeth of Dalatias barnstonensis in the British Rhaetic. Mercian Geologist 5(1974):39-48 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/P. Vazquez]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 141373: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 26.03.2013, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
"Dalatias barnstonensis" = Pseudodalatias barnstonensis
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Reptilia | |
Ichthyotitan severnensis n. gen. n. sp.
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