Little Gibraltar, near Oxford (BMNH Coll.): Bathonian, 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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Mesodon discoides n. sp.
Woodward 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Microdon discoides | ||||||||||
| BMNH P.524 (Egerton Coll.) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 51.8° North, 1.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.2° North, 9.2° 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: | 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: | 131999 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-08-04 09:29:13 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-04 09:29:13 |
| 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] |