Low main seam shale, Newsham: Bashkirian, United Kingdom
collected by T. Atthey 1860-1868

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Cladodus mirabilis Agassiz 1843
Chondrichthyes - Sphenacanthidae
Ctenacanthus hybodioides Agassiz 1843
recombined as Sphenacanthus hybodioides
Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae
Orthacanthus cylindricus Agassiz 1843
recombined as Pleuracanthus cylindricus
Pleuracanthus laevissimus Agassiz 1837
Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Paecilodus sp. Agassiz 1843
Pleurodus rankinii Agassiz 1843
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Petalodus sp.
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Gyrolepis rankinii Agassiz 1844
Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Rhadinichthys hancocki (Atthey 1875)
Henderson et al. 2023
NMS 1878.40.14
Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Platysomus parvulus Williamson 1849
Platysomus rotundus Hancock and Atthey 1872
Hancock and Atthey 1872
nomen dubium belonging to Platysomus
Eurynotiformes - Amphicentridae
Amphicentrum sp. Young 1866
synonym of Chirodus
Amphibia - Diplocaulidae
Batrachiderpeton lineatum n. sp. Hancock and Atthey 1869
Watson 1913
Hancock Museum, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae
Coelacanthus lepturus Agassiz 1843
unclassified
Strepsodus sauroides (Binney 1841)
Leptacanthus sp. Agassiz 1836
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Northumberland
Coordinates: 55.1° North, 1.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.9° North, 7.0° East
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Bashkirian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4
Key time interval:Bashkirian
Age range of interval:323.20000 - 315.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:T. Atthey Collection dates:1860-1868
Metadata
Database number:132670
Authorizer:M. Clapham, J. Flannery-Sutherland, A. Dunhill, E. Dunne Enterer:P. Vazquez, B. Allen, S. Fasey, J. Flannery-Sutherland
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-08-24 08:10:44 Last modified:2018-11-26 16:33:50
Access level:the public Released:2012-08-24 08:10:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
42727. T. Atthey. 1868. On the occurence of the palatal teeth of a fish belonging to the Genus Climaxodus, M'Coy, in the Low-main Shale of Newsham. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series 2:321-323 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

58421 A. Fritsch. 1880. Fauna der Gaskohle und der Kalksteine der Permformation Bohmens. 1(2) [R. Butler/E. Dunne]
87152 A. Hancock and T. Atthey. 1872. Notes on a nearly entire Specimen of Pleurodus Rankinii, on two new Species of Platysomus and a neiv Amphicentrum, with Remarks on a few other Fish remains found in the Coal-measures at Newsham. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4:249-262 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]
84604 S. Henderson, E. M. Dunne, S. A. Fasey and S. Giles. 2023. The early diversification of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii): hypotheses, challenges and future prospects. Biological Reviews 98:284-315 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
68056 D. M. S. Watson. 1913. Batrachiderpeton lineatum Hancock & Atthey, a Coal‐Measure Stegocephalian. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 83(4):949-962 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
51608 D. M. S. Watson. 1926. Croonian lecture.—The evolution and origin of the Amphibia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 214:189-257 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]