Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford (BMNH fish): Bathonian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae
Undina ? barroviensis Woodward 1890
Woodward 1891 3 specimens
BMNH P.4227, P.3793, P.4277a
Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus phillipsi Agassiz 1838
Woodward 1891 1 specimen
BMNH 11164
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
Macrosemius sp. Agassiz 1834
2 specimens
BMNH P.3617 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.957 (Egerton Coll.)
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotus tuberculatus Agassiz 1837
7 specimens
BMNH P.1111a, P.471 (Egerton coll.), P.1111, P.3524 (Egerton & Enniskillen colls.), 47980 (presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, 1877), 28607, 37219 (purchased 1853, 1863)
Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Pholidophorus sp. Agassiz 1832
2 specimens
BMNH P.3597 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.1072 (Egerton Coll.)
Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Leptolepis disjectus Woodward 1890
13 specimens
BMNH P.959-a,e, P.958a (Egerton Coll.), P.959b-d,f, P.3797, P.4277a, P.3793, P.3798, P.3796a (Egerton & Enniskillen Coll.)
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Aspidorhynchus crassus n. sp. Woodward 1890
15 specimens
BMNH 39199, 39200 (Bowerbank Coll.), P.959 (Egerton Coll.), P.3720a (Enniskillen Coll.), P.877b (Egerton Coll.), P.3720b (Enniskillen Coll.), 41294 (purchased 1869), P.877a,c,d (Egerton Coll.), P.3720c-g (Enniskillen Coll.)
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Mesodon biserialis n. sp. Woodward 1890
1 specimen
recombined as Microdon biserialis
BMNH P.523 (Egerton Coll.)
Pycnodus rugulosus Agassiz 1839
12 specimens
recombined as Mesodon rugulosus
BMNH 35498 (purchased 1860), P.1648-a (Egerton Coll.) P.3779 (Enniskillen Coll.) P.521 (Egerton Coll.), P.4387 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.1666c (Egerton Coll.), P.3780-81 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.1666 (Egerton Coll.), P.3734 (Enniskillen Coll.)
Pycnodus bucklandi Agassiz 1833
14 specimens
recombined as Mesodon bucklandi
BMNH P.1640 (Egerton Coll.), P.1646, P.525 (Egerton Coll.), P.1647 (Egerton Coll.), 39776 (purchased 1862), 47982 (presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, 1877), P.3732-3 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.3736 (Enniskillen Coll.), P.1641 (Egerton Coll.), P.1649, P.1666a,b (Egerton Coll.), P.1652 (Egerton Coll.)
Mesodon tenuidens n. sp. Woodward 1890
1 specimen
BMNH 47983 (presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, 1877)
Pycnodus sp. Agassiz 1833
3 specimens
BMNH P.520, P.3776-77 (Egerton & Enniskillen Colls.)
Chondrichthyes - Protospinacidae
Nemacanthus brevis Philips 1871
Woodward 1891 2 specimens
recombined as Breviacanthus brevis
BMNH P.2218, P.2851
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhinchidae
Ganodus sp. (Agassiz 1843)
Woodward 1891 11 specimens
BMNH P.2846-7, P.4173, P.3108 (Enniskillen coll.), 47975-77 (presented by the Hon. Robert Marsham, 1877), P.251 (presented by J. Wood-Mason, Esq., 1880), P.2213 (Egerton coll.), 28596, P.6222
Ganodus oweni n. sp. Agassiz 1843
Woodward 1891 10 specimens
BMNH P.485-6, P.481 (Egerton coll.), P.3100, P.3105a, P.3100a-c, (Enniskillen coll.), 36584 (purchased 1862), P.5108 (presented by J. E. Lee, Esq., 1885)
Ischyodus colei (Buckland 1835)
Woodward 1891 5 specimens
recombined as Chimaera (Ganodus) colei
BMNH P.1134a, P.3101-2 (Enniskillen coll.), P.480, P.1134 (Egerton coll.)
Ganodus dentatus n. sp. Egerton 1847
Woodward 1891 1 specimen
BMNH P.614 (Egerton coll.)
Ganodus rugulosus n. sp. Egerton 1847
Woodward 1891 6 specimens
BMNH P.600, P.5152, P.599 (Egerton coll.), P.3104-5 (Enniskillen coll.), 28595 (purchased 1853)
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Ischyodus emarginatus n. sp. Egerton 1843
Woodward 1891 2 specimens
BMNH P.3106 (Enniskillen coll.), P.5150 (Egerton coll.)
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom
Coordinates: 51.9° North, 1.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.3° North, 9.0° East
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bathonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Bathonian
Age range of interval:168.20000 - 165.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: slate
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
Metadata
Database number:131844
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:P. Vazquez
Modifier:P. Vazquez Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-07-31 07:53:31 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2012-07-31 07:53:31
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:

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 ]