Mjatschkowa, Moscow (BMNH) (Carboniferous of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (55.3° N, 38.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.7° N, 29.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• 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 137350: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 14.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Petalodus concavus chimaera
BMNH P.4487, P.5111, P.5490
 Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Deltodus concha Trautschold 1874 chimaera
BMNH P.5115 (purchased 1886)