PBDB Collection

Longton, North Staffordshire (BMNH) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (53.7° N, 2.8° W: paleocoordinates 1.7° N, 8.4° E)

When: Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

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Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 1-613 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137310: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 14.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
Rhizodontida -	"Strepsodus sauroides" = Strepsodus sauroides, "Strepsodus striatulus" = Strepsodus sauroides "Strepsodus sauroides" = Strepsodus sauroides Binney 1841 lobe-finned fish BMNH P.3270, 36478, P.4578 "Strepsodus striatulus" = Strepsodus sauroides Binney 1841 lobe-finned fish BMNH P.785, P.792, P.3269
Osteolepiformes - Megalichthyidae	Rhizodopsis sauroides Rhizodopsis sauroides Williamson 1849 lobe-finned fish BMNH P.796
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae	Cycloptychius carbonarius Cycloptychius carbonarius Young 1866 BMNH P.5175-6, P.1011-a, P.3447, P.3447a-b, P.4333, 36899, 39918
Chondrichthyes
Petalodontiformes - Belantseidae	Ctenoptychius apicalis Ctenoptychius apicalis Agassiz 1838 chimaera BMNH 46028 (Presented by John ward, Esq., 1874)
Helodontiformes - Helodontidae	Helodus simplex Helodus simplex Agassiz 1838 chimaera BMNH P.2908-9, (Enniskillen coll.), p.5160 (purchased 1885),
Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae	Pleuroplax rankinei Pleuroplax rankinei Hancock and Atthey 1843 chimaera BMNH P.5162 (purhcased 1885)
Xenacanthida - Orthacanthidae	"Diplodus gibbosus" = Orthacanthus gibbosus, Diplodus tenuis "Diplodus gibbosus" = Orthacanthus gibbosus Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch BMNH 46294, 46029 (Presented by John Wood, Esq., 1874), P.1725(Egerton Coll.), P. 3025 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.5161 (Purchased 1885) Diplodus tenuis Woodward 1889 elasmobranch BMNH P.1725a (Egerton Coll.)
Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae	Pleuracanthus cylindricus, Pleuracanthus laevissimus Pleuracanthus cylindricus Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch BMNH P. 3177 (Enniskillen Coll.) Pleuracanthus laevissimus Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch BMNH P, 5170 (purchased 1885), P. 1733 (Egerton Coll.)