Ladedda, Fifeshire (BMNH): Pennsylvanian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Petalodontiformes
- Petalodontidae
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Petalodus acuminatus
(Agassiz 1838)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH P.2988 (Enniskillen Coll.) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 56.1° North, 3.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.1° North, 7.9° 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: | 137329 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-14 13:19:05 | Last modified: | 2012-12-13 20:19:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-14 13:19:05 |
| 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] |