Where: United Kingdom (54.3° N, 6.7° W: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 2.2° W)
When: Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
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 132781: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 27.08.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Placodermi | |
Asterolepis verrucosa M'Coy 1848 armour-plated fish | |
Coccosteus ? carbonarius M'Coy 1848 armour-plated fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Homacanthus microdus M'Coy 1848 spiny fish
Homacanthus macrodus M'Coy 1848 spiny fish | |
Oracanthus milleri Agassiz 1836 spiny fish | |
"Cladodus striatus" = Saivodus striatus Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
Asteroptychius semiornatus M'Coy 1848 elasmobranch
Asteroptychius ornatus Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch | |
"Ctenacanthus distans" = Acondylacanthus distans, "Cladodus laevis" = Cladodus marginatus, Cladodus mirabilis, Ctenacanthus crenatus
"Ctenacanthus distans" = Acondylacanthus distans M'Coy 1848 elasmobranch
"Cladodus laevis" = Cladodus marginatus Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
Cladodus mirabilis Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
Ctenacanthus crenatus McCoy 1855 elasmobranch | |
"Ctenacanthus heterogyrus" = Eunemacanthus heterogyrus McCoy 1855 elasmobranch
Physonemus subteres Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
Physonemus arcuatus McCoy 1848 elasmobranch | |
Helodus lavissimus chimaera
Helodus didymus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Helodus rudis M'Coy 1848 chimaera
Helodus mammillaris Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Helodus planus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Psammodus rugosus, Psammodus cornutus, Psammodus canaliculatus, "Helodus turgidus" = Psammodus turgidus
Psammodus rugosus Agassiz 1836 chimaera
Psammodus cornutus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Psammodus canaliculatus M'Coy 1848 chimaera
"Helodus turgidus" = Psammodus turgidus Agassiz 1838 chimaera | |
"Cochliodus striatus" = Platyxystrodus striatus
"Cochliodus striatus" = Platyxystrodus striatus M'Coy 1855 chimaera | |
"Cochliodus magnus" = Psephodus magnus
"Cochliodus magnus" = Psephodus magnus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Erismacanthus jonesii, "Poecilodus sublaevis" = Deltodus sublaevis, Cochliodus contortus, Cochliodus acutus, Poecilodus jonesii, Poecilodus oliquus, Poecilodus parallelus, "Cochliodus oblongus" = Streblodus oblongus
Erismacanthus jonesii M'Coy 1848 chimaera
"Poecilodus sublaevis" = Deltodus sublaevis Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Cochliodus contortus Agassiz 1837 chimaera
Cochliodus acutus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Poecilodus jonesii Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Poecilodus oliquus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Poecilodus parallelus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
"Cochliodus oblongus" = Streblodus oblongus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Petalodus rectus, "Petalodus hastingsii" = Petalodus hastingsiae, Petalodus sagittatus, Chomatodus (Helodus) denticulatus, Chomatodus (Helodus) linearis, Chomatodus (Helodus) oliquus, Chomatodus (Petalodus) truncatus, Polyrhizodus magnus, Polyrhizodus pusillus, Glossodus marginatus
Petalodus rectus chimaera
"Petalodus hastingsii" = Petalodus hastingsiae Owen 1840 chimaera
Petalodus sagittatus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Chomatodus (Helodus) denticulatus M'Coy 1848 chimaera
Chomatodus (Helodus) linearis Agassiz 1836 chimaera
Chomatodus (Helodus) oliquus M'Coy 1848 chimaera
Chomatodus (Petalodus) truncatus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Polyrhizodus magnus M'Coy 1848 chimaera
Polyrhizodus pusillus M'Coy 1848 chimaera
Glossodus marginatus M'Coy 1848 chimaera | |
Ctenoptychius serratus Owen 1840 chimaera
Ctenoptychius apicalis Agassiz 1838 chimaera | |
"Petalodus psittacinus" = Petalorhynchus psittacinus
"Petalodus psittacinus" = Petalorhynchus psittacinus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
"Chomatodus clavatus" = Janassa clavatus
"Chomatodus clavatus" = Janassa clavatus M'Coy 1848 chimaera | |
Dipriacanthus stokesii M'Coy 1855 |