Wensleydale, Yorkshire (BMNH): Pennsylvanian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Orodontiformes - Orodontidae
Orodus moniliformis Davis 1883
1 specimen
BMNH P.4908 (Horne coll.)
Chondrichthyes - Psammodontiformes - Psammodontidae
Psammodus expansus (Davis 1884)
1 specimen
BMNH P.4903
Chondrichthyes - Menaspiformes - Deltoptychiidae
Deltoptychius acutus (Agassiz 1843)
1 specimen
original and current combination Cochliodus acutus
BMNH P.4888 (Horne coll.)
Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Paecilodus jonesii Mcoy 1855
1 specimen
BMNH P.4902 (Horne Coll.)
Cochliodus contortus (Agassiz 1837)
1 specimen
BMNH P.4904 (Horne coll.)
Pleuroplax woodi Davis 1883
1 specimen
BMNH P.4887 (Horne Coll.)
Cyrtonodus hornei n. sp. Woodward 1889
1 specimen
BMNH P.4908 (Horne coll.)
Sandalodus minor (Newberry and Worthen 1866)
1 specimen
original and current combination Trigonodus minor
BMNH P.4894 (Horne Coll.)
Streblodus colei Davis 1883
1 specimen
BMNH P. 4905 (Horne coll.)
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Petalodus acuminatus (Agassiz 1838)
2 specimens
BMNH P.4899 (Horne Coll.), P.2991 (Enniskillen Coll.)
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae
Pristodus falcatus Davis 1883
3 specimens
BMNH P.4895-7 (Horne Coll.)
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom
Coordinates: 54.3° North, 2.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.3° North, 8.8° East
Time
Period:Carboniferous
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:137324
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:P. Vazquez
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-12-14 13:07:00 Last modified:2012-12-13 20:07:00
Access level:the public Released:2012-12-14 13:07:00
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]