Langport, Somerset (BMNH Coll.): Hettangian - Sinemurian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodus liassicus
Egerton 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Mesodon liassicus | ||||||||||
| BMNH P.5127 (purchased 1886) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | County: | Somerset |
| Coordinates: | 51.0° North, 2.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.5° North, 2.5° East |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Hettangian - Sinemurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| 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: | 131995 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez |
| Modifier: | B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-08-04 07:57:15 | Last modified: | 2019-11-20 08:06:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-04 07:57:15 |
| 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] |