Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford (BMNH fish) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (51.9° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 9.0° E)

When: Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; slate

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: A. S. Woodward. 1895. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part III 1-544 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131844: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 31.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Euselachii - Protospinacidae
"Nemacanthus brevis" = Breviacanthus brevis
"Nemacanthus brevis" = Breviacanthus brevis Philips 1871 elasmobranch
BMNH P.2218, P.2851
 Chimaeriformes - Callorhinchidae
Ganodus sp. Agassiz 1843 plownose chimaera
BMNH P.2846-7, P.4173, P.3108 (Enniskillen coll.), 47975-77 (presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, 1877), P.251 (presented by J. Wood-Mason, Esq., 1880), P.2213 (Egerton coll.), 28596, P.6222
Ganodus oweni n. sp. Agassiz 1843 plownose chimaera
BMNH P.485-6, P.481 (Egerton coll.), P.3100, P.3105a, P.3100a-c, (Enniskillen coll.), 36584 (purchased 1862), P.5108 (presented by J. E. Lee, Esq., 1885)
Ganodus dentatus n. sp. Egerton 1847 plownose chimaera
BMNH P.614 (Egerton coll.)
"Ischyodus colei" = Chimaera (Ganodus) colei Buckland 1835 plownose chimaera
BMNH P.1134a, P.3101-2 (Enniskillen coll.), P.480, P.1134 (Egerton coll.)
Ganodus rugulosus n. sp. Egerton 1847 plownose chimaera
BMNH P.600, P.5152, P.599 (Egerton coll.), P.3104-5 (Enniskillen coll.), 28595 (purchased 1853)
 Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Ischyodus emarginatus n. sp. Egerton 1843 plownose chimaera
BMNH P.3106 (Enniskillen coll.), P.5150 (Egerton coll.)
Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus phillipsi Agassiz 1838 lungfish
BMNH 11164
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae
Undina ? barroviensis Woodward 1890 coelacanth
BMNH P.4227, P.3793, P.4277a
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
"Mesodon biserialis n. sp." = Microdon biserialis, "Pycnodus bucklandi" = Mesodon bucklandi, Mesodon tenuidens n. sp., "Pycnodus rugulosus" = Mesodon rugulosus, Pycnodus sp.
"Mesodon biserialis n. sp." = Microdon biserialis Woodward 1890
BMNH P.523 (Egerton Coll.)
"Pycnodus bucklandi" = Mesodon bucklandi Agassiz 1833
BMNH P.1640 (Egerton Coll.), P.1646, P.525 (Egerton Coll.), P.1647 (Egerton Coll.), 39776 (purchased 1862), 47982 (presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, 1877), P.3732-3 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.3736 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.1641 (Egerton Coll.), P.1649, P.1666a,b (Egerton Coll.), P.1652 (Egerton Coll.)
Mesodon tenuidens n. sp. Woodward 1890
BMNH 47983 (presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, 1877)
"Pycnodus rugulosus" = Mesodon rugulosus Agassiz 1839
BMNH 35498 (purchased 1860), P.1648-a (Egerton Coll.) P.3779 (Enniskillen Coll.) P.521 (Egerton Coll.), P.4387 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.1666c (Egerton Coll.), P.3780-81 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.1666 (Egerton Coll.), P.3734 (Enniskillen Coll.)
Pycnodus sp. Agassiz 1833
BMNH P.520, P.3776-77 (Egerton & Enniskillen Colls.)
 Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
Macrosemius sp. Agassiz 1834
BMNH P.3617 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.957 (Egerton Coll.)
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotus tuberculatus Agassiz 1837 gar
BMNH P.1111a, P.471 (Egerton coll.), P.1111, P.3524 (Egerton & Enniskillen colls.), 47980 (presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, 1877), 28607, 37219 (purchased 1853, 1863)
 Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Leptolepis disjectus Woodward 1890
BMNH P.959-a,e, P.958a (Egerton Coll.), P.959b-d,f, P.3797, P.4277a, P.3793, P.3798, P.3796a (Egerton & Enniskillen Coll.)
 Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Pholidophorus sp. Agassiz 1832
BMNH P.3597 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.1072 (Egerton Coll.)
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Aspidorhynchus crassus n. sp. Woodward 1890
BMNH 39199, 39200 (Bowerbank Coll.), P.959 (Egerton Coll.), P.3720a (Enniskillen Coll.), P.877b (Egerton Coll.), P.3720b (Enniskillen Coll.), 41294 (purchased 1869), P.877a,c,d (Egerton Coll.), P.3720c-g (Enniskillen Coll.)