Ticknall, near Melbourne, South Derbyshire (BMNH) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (52.8° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.9° N, 9.3° E)

When: Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

• Upper Carboniferous

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

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 137321: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 14.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Chondrenchelyiformes - Chondrenchelyidae
"Xystrodus striatus" = Platyxystrodus striatus
"Xystrodus striatus" = Platyxystrodus striatus M'Coy 1855 chimaera
BMNH P.5354 (Wilson coll.)
 Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Streblodus colei, Pleuroplax woodi, Paecilodus jonesii
Streblodus colei Davis 1883 chimaera
BMNH P.5349 (Wilson coll.)
Pleuroplax woodi Davis 1883 chimaera
BMNH P.5357 (Wilson Coll.)
Paecilodus jonesii Mcoy 1855 chimaera
BMNH P.5356, P.5355-a, (Wilson coll.), 46818 (Gilbertson coll.)
 Menaspiformes - Deltoptychiidae
Deltoptychius gibberuius, Deltoptychius acutus
Deltoptychius gibberuius Davis 1883 chimaera
BMNH P.53510-1 (Wilson coll.)
Deltoptychius acutus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
BMNH p.5352 (Wilson coll.)
 Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Petalodus acuminatus
Petalodus acuminatus Agassiz 1838 chimaera
BMNH P.613 (Egerton Coll.), P.5342 (Wilson Coll.), 46816-7 (Gilbertson Coll.)
 Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae
Pristodus benniei, Petalorhynchus psittacinus
Pristodus benniei Etheridge 1875 chimaera
BMNH P.5344, P.5344a-b (Wilson Coll.)
Petalorhynchus psittacinus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
BMNH P.5340-1 (Wilson Coll.)
 Petalodontiformes - Janassidae
Janassa imbricata
Janassa imbricata chimaera
BMNH P.5339 (Wilson Coll.)