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