Watton Cliff, Dorset, oyster-belemnite bed [Frome Clay Fm] (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 10.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Frome Clay Formation, Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Frome Clay Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Bathonian; presumably on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the oyster-belemnite bed of the Frome Clay Fm

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Clay. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTOR: Presumably the authors, Underwood and Ward. REPOSITORY: BMNH, London.

Primary reference: C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2004. Neoselachian sharks and rays from the British Bathonian (Middle Jurassic). Palaeontology 47(3):447-501 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91450: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.09.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for chondrichthyans. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Chondrichthyes
 Hexanchiformes - Pseudonotidanidae
Pseudonotidanus semirugosus n. sp.
Pseudonotidanus semirugosus n. sp. Underwood and Ward 2004 elasmobranch
 Hexanchiformes -
? Paranotidanus sp.
? Paranotidanus sp. Ward and Thies 1987 elasmobranch
 Euselachii -
Galea indet.
Galea indet. Shirai 1996 elasmobranch
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Spathobatis delsatei, Belemnobatis kermacki n. sp.
Spathobatis delsatei Underwood and Ward 2004 guitarfish
Belemnobatis kermacki n. sp. Underwood and Ward 2004 guitarfish
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus duffini n. sp., Synechodus cf. levis
Synechodus duffini n. sp. Underwood and Ward 2004 elasmobranch
Synechodus cf. levis Woodward 1889 elasmobranch
 Euselachii - Protospinacidae
Protospinax bilobatus n. sp.
Protospinax bilobatus n. sp. Underwood and Ward 2004 elasmobranch
 Euselachii -
Orectolobiformes indet.
Orectolobiformes indet. Applegate 1972 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes -
Ornatoscyllium freemani n. sp., Dorsetoscyllium terreafullonicum n. sp.
Ornatoscyllium freemani n. sp. Underwood and Ward 2004 carpet shark
Dorsetoscyllium terreafullonicum n. sp. Underwood and Ward 2004 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Palaeobrachaelurus mussetti n. sp.
Palaeobrachaelurus mussetti n. sp. Underwood and Ward 2004 carpet shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Proscylliidae
Eypea leesi
Eypea leesi Underwood and Ward 2004 ground shark