Armagh: Mississippian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
Homacanthus macrodus M'Coy 1848
Homacanthus microdus M'Coy 1848
Chondrichthyes - Climatiiformes - Gyracanthidae
Oracanthus milleri Agassiz 1836
Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes
Cladodus striatus Agassiz 1843
recombined as Saivodus striatus
Asteroptychius ornatus Agassiz 1843
Asteroptychius semiornatus M'Coy 1848
Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Ctenacanthus crenatus McCoy 1855
nomen dubium belonging to Ctenacanthus
Ctenacanthus distans M'Coy 1848
recombined as Acondylacanthus distans
Cladodus mirabilis Agassiz 1843
Cladodus laevis M'Coy 1848
synonym of Cladodus marginatus
Chondrichthyes
Physonemus arcuatus McCoy 1848
Physonemus subteres Agassiz 1843
Ctenacanthus heterogyrus Agassiz 1837
synonym of Eunemacanthus heterogyrus
Chondrichthyes - Helodontiformes - Helodontidae
Helodus lavissimus
Helodus rudis M'Coy 1848
Helodus didymus Agassiz 1843
Helodus mammillaris Agassiz 1843
Helodus planus Agassiz 1843
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Glossodus marginatus M'Coy 1848
Polyrhizodus magnus M'Coy 1848
Polyrhizodus pusillus M'Coy 1848
Chomatodus (Petalodus) truncatus Agassiz 1843
Chomatodus (Helodus) denticulatus M'Coy 1848
Chomatodus (Helodus) oliquus M'Coy 1848
Chomatodus (Helodus) linearis (Agassiz 1836)
Petalodus rectus
Petalodus hastingsii Owen 1840
corrected as Petalodus hastingsiae
Petalodus sagittatus Agassiz 1843
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae
Chomatodus clavatus M'Coy 1848
recombined as Janassa clavatus
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae
Petalodus psittacinus Agassiz 1843
recombined as Petalorhynchus psittacinus
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Belantseidae
Ctenoptychius serratus (Owen 1840)
Ctenoptychius apicalis Agassiz 1838
Chondrichthyes - Psammodontiformes - Psammodontidae
Psammodus cornutus Agassiz 1843
Helodus turgidus Agassiz 1838
recombined as Psammodus turgidus
Psammodus rugosus Agassiz 1836
Psammodus canaliculatus M'Coy 1848
Chondrichthyes - Chondrenchelyiformes - Chondrenchelyidae
Cochliodus striatus M'Coy 1855
recombined as Platyxystrodus striatus
Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Psephodontidae
Cochliodus magnus Agassiz 1843
recombined as Psephodus magnus
Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Cochliodus acutus Agassiz 1843
Cochliodus contortus (Agassiz 1837)
Cochliodus oblongus Agassiz 1843
recombined as Streblodus oblongus
Poecilodus oliquus Agassiz 1843
Poecilodus parallelus Agassiz 1843
Poecilodus jonesii Agassiz 1843
Poecilodus sublaevis (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Deltodus sublaevis
Erismacanthus jonesii M'Coy 1848
Placodermi - Antiarchiformes - Asterolepididae
Asterolepis verrucosa M'Coy 1848
M'Coy 1848
Placodermi - Arthrodira - Coccosteidae
Coccosteus ? carbonarius M'Coy 1848
M'Coy 1848
unclassified
Dipriacanthus stokesii M'Coy 1855
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom
Coordinates: 54.3° North, 6.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.9° South, 2.2° West
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 1-3
Key time interval:Mississippian
Age range of interval:358.90000 - 323.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences)
Metadata
Database number:132781
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:P. Vazquez
Modifier:P. Vazquez Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-08-27 09:23:54 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2012-08-27 09:23:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
21664. F. M'Coy. 1855. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks, with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils.Fasciculus 3, Mollusca and Palaeozoic fishes. British Palaeozoic Fossils, Part II. Palaeontology 407-666 [G. Webster/G. Webster]

Secondary references:

42751 F. M'Coy. 1848. On some new Fossil Fish of the Carboniferous Period. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 2:1-10 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]