Oreton, Shropshire (BMNH): Mississippian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Ctenacanthiformes
- Ctenacanthidae
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Ctenacanthus denticulatus
McCoy 1855
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Woodward 1891 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| BMNH 41193-94, 42237 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Orodontiformes
- Orodontidae
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Orodus ramosus
Agassiz 1836
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| BMNH 42168, 42172, (Baugh coll.), 36196, 41186-88 (purcased 1861, 1868), P.214, P.234 (Weaver-Jones coll.), P.2697-9, P.2694-5 (Enniskillen coll.) | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Cochliodontiformes
- Psephodontidae
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Psephodus dubius n. sp.
Woodward 1889
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| BMNH P.4209 (Enniskillen Coll.), 42183, 42193-1 (Baugh coll.), P.227a-c (Weaver-Jones coll.), 23712 (purchased 1849) | ||||||||||
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Psephodus salopiensis n. sp.
Woodward 1889
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| BMNH 42187-9, 42215, 42230 (Baugh Coll.) | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Cochliodontiformes
- Cochliodontidae
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Sandalodus morrisii
Davis 1883
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Petalodontiformes
- Janassidae
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Stichacanthus tortworthensis
Davis 1883
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Woodward 1891 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Stichacanthus coemansi
Koninck 1878
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Woodward 1891 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Petalodontiformes
- Petalodontidae
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Petalodus flabellula n. sp.
Woodward 1889
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| BMNH P.227a (Weaver Jones Coll.), 42219 (Baugh Coll.) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 52.4° North, 2.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.4° South, 0.6° 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
| Stratigraphy comments: 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: | 137332 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez |
| Modifier: | P. Vazquez | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-14 13:26:35 | Last modified: | 2012-12-14 01:31:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-14 13:26:35 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 38758 | A. S. Woodward. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2 [W. Dahdul/B. Frable ] |