PBDB Collection

Lyme Regis, Lower Lias unspecified (BMNH): Sinemurian, United Kingdom

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae

	Thaumatosaurus arcuatus (Owen 1840)	Lydekker 1889	2 specimens
	recombined as Eurycleidus arcuatus
	BMNH 40094, 2124* (teeth)
Reptilia

	Temnodontosaurus risor n. sp. McGowan 1974	McGowan 1974	1 specimen
	synonym of Temnodontosaurus platyodon
	Holotype BMNH 43971, complete skull (precise locality unknown)
Ionoscopiformes - Furidae

	Heterolepidotus latus n. sp. Egerton 1872	Woodward 1895	4 specimens
	BMNH 38118 (purchased 1864), P.7564 (history unknown), P.6395, P.6423 (Beckles Coll.),

	Eugnathus minor Agassiz 1839	Woodward 1895	5 specimens
	BMNH 35055 (purchased 1860), P.6062 (presetned by F. Harford, Esq., 1889), P.868, P.3627, P.3634k (Egerton & Enniskillen Colls.),

	Eugnathus philpotae Agassiz 1839	Woodward 1895	8 specimens
	BMNH 40350 (purchased 1867), P.7522 (Harford Coll.), 40349 (purchased 1867), 38104 (purchased 1864), 19483 (purchased 1845), 38122 (purchased 1864), P.2035, P.3683a (Egerton & Enniskillen Colls.)

	Eugnathus orthostomus Agassiz 1842	Woodward 1895	4 specimens
	recombined as Furo orthostomus
	BMNH 38119, 38120 (purchased 1864), 47043 (purchased 1875), 38735 (purchased 1865)
Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae

	Ptycholepis monilifer n. sp. Woodward 1895	Woodward 1895	1 specimen
	BMNH 39868 (purchased 1866)

	Ptycholepis gracilis Davis 1884	Woodward 1895	1 specimen
	BMNH 39864 (purchased 1866)

	Ptycholepis curtus n. sp. Egerton 1854	Woodward 1895	2 specimens
	BMNH P.6334 (Beckles Coll.), 39493 (purchased 1865)
Acipenseriformes - Chondrosteidae

	Chondrosteus pachyurus Egerton 1858	Woodward 1895	2 specimens
	BMNH 28714,28714a (purchased 1853)

	Chondrosteus acipenseroides Egerton 1858	Woodward 1895	5 specimens
	BMNH 38545 (purchased 1864), P7396, 39494 (1865), 35056 (1860), 39495 (1865)
Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

	Belonorhynchus brevirostris n. sp. Woodward 1895	Woodward 1895	1 specimen
	recombined as Saurorhynchus brevirostris
	BMNH 40726 (purchased 1867), 39866 (1866), P4878 (1885), 43008 (1871)

	Belonorhynchus acutus (Agassiz 1843)	Woodward 1895	5 specimens
	BMNH P428 (purchased 1882), 43054 (1871), 47462 (1876), 48007 (1887), 40499 (1867)
	= Saurorhynchus anningae Maxwell and Stumpf 2017	Maxwell and Stumpf 2017
	NHMUK PV P 428 only; others presumably Saurorhynchus sp.
unclassified

	Coccolepis liassicus Woodward 1890	Woodward 1890	1 specimen
	BMNH 39865 (purchased 1866)
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

	Oxygnathus ornatus Egerton 1854	Woodward 1891	2 specimens
	BMNH 39860, 38734
Actinopteri - Dorsetichthyiformes - Dorsetichthyidae

	Pholidophorus bechei Agassiz 1837	Nybelin 1966	23 specimens
	recombined as Dorsetichthys bechei
	BMNH 25276-77 (purchased 1850), 28281 (purchased 1853), 32403 (purchased 1857), 38162-39836 (purchased, 1864, 1866), 38107-38109 (purchased 1864), 19010 (purchased 1844), 39857-59 (purchased 1866), 38535 (purchased 1864), 36472-74, 37377 (purchased 1862-63), P.153-4 (purchased 1880), P.1051, P.1052d, P.3586c, P.3589a , P.6030 (presented by George Clifton, Esq., 1889),
Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae

	Pholidophoroides limbata (Agassiz 1833)	Nybelin 1966	12 specimens
	BMNH P.1047, P.1047a, P.3596, P.4422, 36472, 38531, 41906, P.1047b, P.1047c, P.3632, 38532, 27595

	Pholidophorus limbatus Agassiz 1833	Woodward 1895	6 specimens
	recombined as Pholidophoroides limbata
	BMNH 36472 (purchased 1862), 38531-32 (purchased 1864), 41906 (purchased 1870), 48041 (John Brown Coll.), P.7582 (history unknown)

	Pholidophoroides crenulata (Egerton 1843)	Nybelin 1966	10 specimens
	BMNH P.153, P.421, P.572, P.1046a, P.1046b, P.4415, 38110, 38739, 38738, P. 573

	Pholidophorus crenulatus Egerton 1843	Woodward 1895	12 specimens
	recombined as Pholidophoroides crenulata
	BMNH 41857 (purchased 1870), 38110 (purchased 1864), P.421 (presented by F. Seymour Haden, Esq., 1882), 38534, 38730, 38738 (purchased 1864-65), 47461, 47466 (purchased 1876), 45008-10 (purchased 1877), 36313 (presented by Miss Wilson, 1862)

	Pholidolepis dorsetensis Nybelin 1966	Nybelin 1966	16 specimens
	BMNH 38164 (Pholidophorus caudalis in Woodward 1895), 35725, 38536, P.3662, P.44708, P.44709, P.259, 35562, 38537, 39862, 43007, P.939, P.939b, P.939c, P.4370, P.44707

	Pholidophorus pachysomus Egerton 1852	Woodward 1895	7 specimens
	BMNH 28281 (purchased 1853), 35557 (purchased 1858), 39855 (purchased 1866), 36475 (purchased 1862), 38740 (purchased 1865), 18510-11 (purchased 1844)

	Pholidophoropsis maculata Nybelin 1966	Nybelin 1966	2 specimens
	BMNH 43055, P.7582

	Pholidophorus caudalis Woodward 1895	Woodward 1895	12 specimens
	recombined as Pholidophoropsis caudalis
	BMNH 43055 (purchased 1871), 35561-62, 35725 (purchased 1858-59), 38163-64, 38536-37 (purchased 1864), 39862, 39871 (purchased 1866), 43007 (purchased 1871), P.6067 (presented by F. Harford, Esq., 1889)
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae

	Endactis agassizi Egerton 1858	Woodward 1895	1 specimen
	recombined as Caturus agassizi
	BMNH 41856 (purchased 1870)

	Pachycormus heterurus Agassiz 1839	Woodward 1895	2 specimens
	recombined as Caturus heterurus
	BMNH 38121 (purchased 1864), P.120 (purchased 1880)

	Pachycormus latipennis Agassiz 1843	Woodward 1895	1 specimen
	recombined as Caturus latipennis
	BMNH 38527
Actinopteri - Dapediidae

	Dapedium sp. Leach 1822	Rayner 1948	2 specimens
	BMNH P.3541, P.11177

	Tetragonolepis radiatus Agassiz 1836	Woodward 1895	3 specimens
	recombined as Dapedium radiatum
	BMNH 28716, 35559, 35722

	Dapedius colei Agassiz 1835	Woodward 1895	7 specimens
	recombined as Dapedium colei
	BMNH P.7427, 38529, 39350, 37785, 35789, P.6397 (Beckles Coll.), 40651

	Dapedius milloti Sauvage 1891	Woodward 1895	13 specimens
	recombined as Dapedium milloti
	BMNH 19486, 35793, 36258, P.6396 (Beckles Coll.), 37774, 40089, 42435 (presented by Kenneth Murchison, Esq., 1872), 44859 (presented by Benjamin Bright, Esq., 1873), P.350, 41214, P.7428, 39144 (Bowerbank Coll.), 36883

	Dapedium politum Leach 1822	Woodward 1895	17 specimens
	BMNH 173 (Mantell Coll.), 18988, 48012, 35790, 39846, 41158, 19005, 44858 (presented by Benjamin Bright, Esq., 1873), 38530, P.6335 (Beckles Coll.), 44160, 38106, 30864, 39867, P.4879, 30862, P.6178

	Dapedius granulatus Agassiz 1835	Woodward 1895	11 specimens
	recombined as Dapedium granulatum
	BMNH 19004a, 40351, P.5937, 35791, P.420 (Presented by F. Seymour Hade, Esq., 1882), 36046 (purchased 1861), 32494, P.7430, 40650 (purchased 1867), P.6063 (presented by F. Harford, Esq., 1889), 35794 (purchased 1860),

	Tetragonolepis magnevillei Agassiz 1833	Woodward 1895	3 specimens
	recombined as Dapedium magnevillei
	BMNH 36338 (purchased 1862), 35564, 35788 (purchased 1860), P.4877 (purchased 1885)
Chondrichthyes - Squalorajiformes - Squalorajidae

	Squaloraja polyspondyla (Agassiz 1836)	Woodward 1891	8 specimens
	BMNH 43307, P.2276, 47402, 41353-4, 43970, P.6220, 41278
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae

	Recurvacanthus uniserialis n. gen., n. sp. Duffin 1981	Duffin 1981	1 specimen
	BMNH P.2850

	Myriacanthus paradoxus Agassiz 1836	Woodward 1891	7 specimens
	BMNH P.6095, P.6179, P.341, P.427, 37376, 41321, P.151

	Myriacanthus granulatus Agassiz 1837	Woodward 1891	3 specimens
	BMNH 43065, P.4876, 41382
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae

	Palaeospinax priscus (Agassiz 1838)		5 specimens
	nomen dubium belonging to Palaeospinacidae
	BMNH P.1296-7, P.1298-9 (Egerton coll.), 47463
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

	Acrodus anningiae Agassiz 1843		10 specimens
	BMNH 38125, 37371, P.2145-6, 39925, 32751, P.2137-8, 32752, P.3129

	Acrodus nobilis Agassiz 1837		7 specimens
	BMNH P.2141-2, P.2144, (Egerton coll.), 20573 (Johnson coll.), 35054 (purchased 1860), P.418 (presented by F. Seymour Hade, Esq., 1882), P.5872,
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae

	Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834		10 specimens
	BMNH 42512, 38544, 39853, P.2365-6, P.5866, P.2166e (Egerton coll), P.5870, P.2166c, P.2166g

	Hybodus raricostatus Agassiz 1838		4 specimens
	BMNH 43972 (purchased 1872), 11262, 11282 (Mantell coll.), P.44380

	Hybodus reticulatus Agassiz 1837		10 specimens
	BMNH 40335, 2203a-b, P.2198, P.2198a-b, P.2208 (Egerton coll), P.5876, P.423 (Presented by F. Seymour Haden, Esq., 1882), P.6068

	Hybodus delabechei (Charlesworth 1839)		16 specimens
	BMNH 39880 (purchased 1866), 40352 (purchased 1867), 35792 (purchased 1860), 20570, 20600-a (Johnson Coll.), 18989 (purchased 1854), 32750 (purchased 1857), 40092 (purchased 1866), P.2201-3 (Egerton coll.), 39784 (purchased 1862), 38103, 38127 (purchased 1864), P.2793

	Hybodus medius Agassiz 1838		11 specimens
	BMNH P.340, 41103, P.2199, P.2200 (Egerton coll.), 36878-81, 38539-40, P.2792
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae

	? Hybodus cloacinus Quenstedt 1858	Duffin 1993	1 specimen
	recombined as Polyacrodus cloacinus
	BMNH 39785
Cephalopoda - Loligosepiida - Loligosepiidae

	Loligosepia bucklandi (Voltz 1840)	Donovan and von Boletzky 2014
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aegeridae

	Aeger laevis (Blake 1876)	Woods 1925
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Coleiidae

	Coleia antiqua Broderip 1835	Woods 1925
	BMNH In.20678, I.3214, 45092
Insecta - Coleoptera

	Elaterina liassica n. gen., n. sp. Gardiner 1961	Gardiner 1961	1 specimen
	BMNH In 50351 (found in orbit of Osteorachis macrocephalus) (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography

Country:	United Kingdom	State/province:	England	County:	Dorset
Coordinates:	50.7° North, 2.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	37.2° North, 2.6° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Jurassic	Epoch:	Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:	Sinemurian	10 m.y. bin:	Jurassic 1
Key time interval:	Sinemurian
Age range of interval:	199.50000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Lower Lias" is only stratigraphic info given, but most fish come from the Bucklandi and Semicostatum zones of the Early Sinemurian, specially the "Fish Bed" and "Fish Bed shales" - both in the Semicostatum zone, but also from the "Saurian shales" and other lower beds in the Bucklandi zone.

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	lithified not reported
Environment:	marine indet.	Tectonic setting:	passive margin

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,adpression
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:	BMNH
Collection method comments: Includes all BMNH material where "Lyme Regis" is the only location information.

Metadata

Database number:	122153
Authorizer:	M. Clapham, R. Benson, P. Mannion	Enterer:	M. Clapham, R. Benson, J. Tennant, P. Vazquez, J. Karr
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	paleoentomology,vertebrate
Created:	2011-12-17 14:19:55	Last modified:	2024-04-11 21:49:30
Access level:	the public	Released:	2011-12-17 14:19:55
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

43905.

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]

Secondary references:

51972		D. T. Donovan and S. von Boletzky. 2014. Loligosepia (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) from the Lower Jurassic of the Dorset coast, England. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 273:45-63 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
42967		C. J. Duffin. 1981. The fin spine of a new Holocephalan from the Lower Jurassic of Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. Geobios 14(4):469-475 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/P. Vazquez]
46211		C. J. Duffin. 1993. Teeth of Hybodus (Selachii) from the Early Jurassic of Lyme Regis, Dorset (southern England): preliminary note. Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Paper, Elasmobranches et Stratigraphie 264:45-52 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]
37142		B. G. Gardiner. 1961. New Rhaetic and Liassic Beetles. Palaeontology 4(1):87-89 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
33960		R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia [M. Carrano/H. Street/R. Benson]
62620		E. E. Maxwell and S. Stumpf. 2017. Revision of Saurorhynchus (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae) from the Early Jurassic of England and Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 321:1-29 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45402		C. McGowan. 1974. A revision of the longipinnate ichthyosaurs of the Lower Jurassic of England, with descriptions of two new species (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria). Life Sciences Contribution of the Royal Ontario Museum 97 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
42252		O. Nybelin. 1966. On certain Triassic and Liassic representatives of the family Pholidophoridae s. str. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 2(8):351-432 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]
42278		D. H. Rayner. 1948. The Structure of Certain Jurassic Holostean Fishes with Special Reference to Their Neurocrania. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 233(601):287-345 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]
81935		H. Woods. 1925. A Monograph of the Fossil Macrurous Crustacea of England, Part I 1-16 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45030		A. S. Woodward. 1889. On the Myriacanthidae - an extinct family of chimaeroid fishes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 4:275-280 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
38891		A. S. Woodward. 1890. Notes on some ganoid fishes from the English lower Lias. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 5:430-436 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
38758		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 ]
38893		A. S. Woodward. 1895. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part III 1-544 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]