Where: United Kingdom (54.3° N, 3.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 0.4° E)
When: Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Geological Museum of hte 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 132783: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 27.08.2012, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Siliquimya plicata Portlock 1843 clam | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Psammodus cornutus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
"Cochliodus striatus" = Platyxystrodus striatus
"Cochliodus striatus" = Platyxystrodus striatus M'Coy 1855 chimaera | |
"Cochliodus magnus" = Psephodus magnus
"Cochliodus magnus" = Psephodus magnus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Poecilodus jonesii Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Petalodus rectus chimaera
"Petalodus hastingsii" = Petalodus hastingsiae Owen 1840 chimaera
Petalodus acuminatus Agassiz 1838 chimaera | |
Leptacanthus jenkinsoni M'Coy 1848 |