Whitby (Egerton coll): Toarcian, United Kingdom
collected by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Acipenseriformes
- Chondrosteidae
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Gyrosteus mirabilis
Agassiz 1843
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Saurichthyiformes
- Saurichthyidae
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Belonorhynchus acutus
(Agassiz 1843)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Saurorhynchus acutus | ||||||||||
| BMNH P.961a | ||||||||||
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Ptycholepiformes
- Ptycholepididae
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Ptycholepis bollensis
Agassiz 1832
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| BMNH P.858-a, P.860-1, P.2023 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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Lepidotus semiserratus
Agassiz 1836
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Lepidotes semiserratus | ||||||||||
| BMNH P.2012, P.2012a, P.1127 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pholidophoriformes
- Pholidophoridae
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Pholidophorus germanicus
Quenstedt 1858
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| BMNH P.1058, a-c | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Leptolepidiformes
- Leptolepididae
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Leptolepis saltviciensis
Simpson 1884
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| BMNH P.951, P.351, P.512, P.938 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pachycormiformes
- Pachycormidae
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Pachycormus curtus
Agassiz 1839
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Pachycormus macropterus | ||||||||||
| BMNH P.2037 | ||||||||||
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Pachycormus acutirostris
Agassiz 1843
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Pachycormus macropterus | ||||||||||
| BMNH P.884a-e | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | North Yorkshire |
| Coordinates: | 54.5° North, 0.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.5° North, 9.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Toarcian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Toarcian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 184.20000 - 174.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collectors: | Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton |
Metadata
| Database number: | 122372 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham, P. Vazquez |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-12-22 16:05:34 | Last modified: | 2019-03-28 21:09:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-12-22 16:05:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38893. | A. S. Woodward. 1895. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part III 1-544 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |