Belsey, Northumberland: Mississippian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Petalodontiformes
- Janassidae
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Chomatodus (Helodus) clavatus
M'Coy 1848
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| recombined as Janassa clavatus | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Petalodontiformes
- Petalodontidae
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Petalodus acuminatus
(Agassiz 1838)
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 55.1° North, 1.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.7° South, 0.5° East |
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 hte University of Cambridge (Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 132782 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-08-27 09:34:22 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-27 09:34:21 |
| 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] |