Ticknall, near Melbourne, South Derbyshire (BMNH): Pennsylvanian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Petalodus acuminatus (Agassiz 1838)
4 specimens
BMNH P.613 (Egerton Coll.), P.5342 (Wilson Coll.), 46816-7 (Gilbertson Coll.)
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae
Janassa imbricata
1 specimen
BMNH P.5339 (Wilson Coll.)
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae
Pristodus benniei (Etheridge 1875)
3 specimens
BMNH P.5344, P.5344a-b (Wilson Coll.)
Petalorhynchus psittacinus (Agassiz 1843)
2 specimens
BMNH P.5340-1 (Wilson Coll.)
Chondrichthyes - Menaspiformes - Deltoptychiidae
Deltoptychius acutus (Agassiz 1843)
1 specimen
original and current combination Cochliodus acutus
BMNH p.5352 (Wilson coll.)
Deltoptychius gibberuius Davis 1883
2 specimens
BMNH P.53510-1 (Wilson coll.)
Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Paecilodus jonesii Mcoy 1855
5 specimens
BMNH P.5356, P.5355-a, (Wilson coll.), 46818 (Gilbertson coll.)
Pleuroplax woodi Davis 1883
1 specimen
BMNH P.5357 (Wilson Coll.)
Streblodus colei Davis 1883
1 specimen
BMNH P.5349 (Wilson coll.)
Chondrichthyes - Chondrenchelyiformes - Chondrenchelyidae
Xystrodus striatus (M'Coy 1855)
1 specimen
recombined as Platyxystrodus striatus
BMNH P.5354 (Wilson coll.)
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom
Coordinates: 52.8° North, 1.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.9° North, 9.3° East
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4-5
Key time interval:Pennsylvanian
Age range of interval:323.20000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Carboniferous
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
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:137321
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:P. Vazquez
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-12-14 12:49:14 Last modified:2012-12-13 19:49:14
Access level:the public Released:2012-12-14 12:49:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

43905. A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 1-613 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]