Cultra, Holywood near Belfast (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (54.6° N, 5.8° W: paleocoordinates 2.4° N, 6.5° E)

When: Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

• in the fish-beds of Cultra

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences)

Primary reference: F. M'Coy. 1855. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks, with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils.Fasciculus 3, Mollusca and Palaeozoic fishes. British Palaeozoic Fossils, Part II. Palaeontology 407-666 [G. Webster/G. Webster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132779: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 27.08.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Placodermi
 Ptyctodontida - Ptyctodontidae
Chelyophorus griffithii n. sp. M'Coy 1848 armour-plated fish
Chondrichthyes
 Psammodontiformes - Psammodontidae
Rhizodus hibberti Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Osteoplax erosus
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Osteoplax erosus n. gen. n. sp.
Osteoplax erosus n. gen. n. sp. M'Coy 1848