Clarence Railway, Durham (BMNH) (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (54.7° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 17.3° N, 14.6° E)

When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Marl Slate, Kupferschiefer

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: A. S. Woodward. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2 [W. Dahdul/B. Frable ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140945: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 19.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
"Palaeoniscus longissimus n. sp." = Palaeoniscum freieslebeni
"Palaeoniscus longissimus n. sp." = Palaeoniscum freieslebeni Blainville 1818
BMNH P.1023
 Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae
Pygopterus humboldti Agassiz 1833
BMNH P.838