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 | |
Coccosteus ? carbonarius M'Coy 1848 armour-plated fish | |
Asterolepis verrucosa M'Coy 1848 armour-plated fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Ctenacanthus heterogyrus" = Eunemacanthus heterogyrus McCoy 1855 elasmobranch
Physonemus subteres Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
Physonemus arcuatus McCoy 1848 elasmobranch | |
"Cladodus striatus" = Saivodus striatus Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
Asteroptychius ornatus Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
Asteroptychius semiornatus M'Coy 1848 elasmobranch | |
Ctenacanthus crenatus, Cladodus mirabilis, "Cladodus laevis" = Cladodus marginatus, "Ctenacanthus distans" = Acondylacanthus distans
Ctenacanthus crenatus McCoy 1855 elasmobranch
Cladodus mirabilis Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
"Cladodus laevis" = Cladodus marginatus Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
"Ctenacanthus distans" = Acondylacanthus distans M'Coy 1848 elasmobranch | |
Oracanthus milleri Agassiz 1836 spiny fish | |
Homacanthus macrodus M'Coy 1848 spiny fish
Homacanthus microdus M'Coy 1848 spiny fish | |
Polyrhizodus pusillus, Polyrhizodus magnus, Chomatodus (Petalodus) truncatus, Chomatodus (Helodus) denticulatus, Chomatodus (Helodus) oliquus, Chomatodus (Helodus) linearis, Glossodus marginatus, Petalodus rectus, "Petalodus hastingsii" = Petalodus hastingsiae, Petalodus sagittatus
Polyrhizodus pusillus M'Coy 1848 chimaera
Polyrhizodus magnus M'Coy 1848 chimaera
Chomatodus (Petalodus) truncatus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Chomatodus (Helodus) denticulatus M'Coy 1848 chimaera
Chomatodus (Helodus) oliquus M'Coy 1848 chimaera
Chomatodus (Helodus) linearis Agassiz 1836 chimaera
Glossodus marginatus M'Coy 1848 chimaera
Petalodus rectus chimaera
"Petalodus hastingsii" = Petalodus hastingsiae Owen 1840 chimaera
Petalodus sagittatus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
"Chomatodus clavatus" = Janassa clavatus
"Chomatodus clavatus" = Janassa clavatus M'Coy 1848 chimaera | |
"Petalodus psittacinus" = Petalorhynchus psittacinus
"Petalodus psittacinus" = Petalorhynchus psittacinus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Ctenoptychius apicalis Agassiz 1838 chimaera
Ctenoptychius serratus Owen 1840 chimaera | |
Helodus lavissimus chimaera
Helodus rudis M'Coy 1848 chimaera
Helodus planus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Helodus mammillaris Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Helodus didymus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
"Cochliodus striatus" = Platyxystrodus striatus
"Cochliodus striatus" = Platyxystrodus striatus M'Coy 1855 chimaera | |
Psammodus canaliculatus, Psammodus cornutus, "Helodus turgidus" = Psammodus turgidus, Psammodus rugosus
Psammodus canaliculatus M'Coy 1848 chimaera
Psammodus cornutus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
"Helodus turgidus" = Psammodus turgidus Agassiz 1838 chimaera
Psammodus rugosus Agassiz 1836 chimaera | |
Cochliodus contortus, Cochliodus acutus, "Poecilodus sublaevis" = Deltodus sublaevis, Poecilodus parallelus, Poecilodus jonesii, Poecilodus oliquus, "Cochliodus oblongus" = Streblodus oblongus, Erismacanthus jonesii
Cochliodus contortus Agassiz 1837 chimaera
Cochliodus acutus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
"Poecilodus sublaevis" = Deltodus sublaevis Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Poecilodus parallelus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Poecilodus jonesii Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Poecilodus oliquus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
"Cochliodus oblongus" = Streblodus oblongus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Erismacanthus jonesii M'Coy 1848 chimaera | |
"Cochliodus magnus" = Psephodus magnus
"Cochliodus magnus" = Psephodus magnus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Dipriacanthus | |
Dipriacanthus stokesii M'Coy 1855 |