List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Placodontia
- Placodontidae
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Placodus gigas
Agassiz 1833
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Rieppel 1995 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| bmnh R-1642, upper Muschelkalk, Bayreuth (original of Owen, 1858, PI. 10, Figs. 2-5); bmnh R-35868, upper Muschelkalk, Bayreuth; bmnh R-41096, upper Muschelkalk, Bayreuth (original of Seeley, 1889) (skulls) | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Perleidiformes
- Colobodontidae
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Colobodus frequens
Dames 1888
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH P.7403 (Purchased) | ||||||||||
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Colobodus varius
Giebel 1848
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH P. 7404 (Presented by C. Westendorp, Esq., 1884) | ||||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Palaeoniscidae
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Gyrolepis albertii
Agassiz 1834
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Woodward 1891 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| BMNH 1583a, P4625 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus mougeoti
Agassiz 1843
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Woodward 1889 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| BMNH 1534-5 (Braun coll.), 19684 (purchased 1845) | ||||||||||
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Hybodus plicatilis
Agassiz 1834
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Woodward 1889 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| BMNH 28464 (purchased 1853), 1533 (Braun coll.), | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Acrodontidae
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Acrodus gaillardoti
Agassiz 1834
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Woodward 1889 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| BMNH 1117-8 (Braun coll.), 19683 | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Germany | County: | Bavaria |
| Coordinates: | 50.0° North, 11.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.4° North, 19.2° East |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Muschelkalk and Lettenkohl | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 131730 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, R. Benson | Enterer: | P. Vazquez, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-28 09:50:45 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-07-28 09:50:45 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 44175 | O. Rieppel. 1995. The genus Placodus: systematics, morphology, paleobiogeography, and paleobiology. Fieldiana: Geology, new series 31:1-44 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 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] | |
| 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 ] |