Black Ven (Curtis coll): Sinemurian, United Kingdom
collected by S. Curtis 1905
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Myriacanthidae
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Myriacanthus paradoxus
Agassiz 1836
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH P. 10130 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 2.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.2° North, 3.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Sinemurian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Sinemurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 199.50000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Lias | Formation: | Charmouth Mudstone | Member: | Black Ven Marl |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified marl |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | S. Curtis | Collection dates: | c. 1905 |
| Collection method comments: "lately obtained" by Mr. S. Curtis | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 139856 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-02-19 05:14:29 | Last modified: | 2021-12-02 11:21:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-02-19 05:14:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 45031. | A. S. Woodward. 1906. On a new specimen of the chimaeroid fish, Myriacanthus paradoxus, from the lower Lias near Lyme Regis (Dorset). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 62:1-4 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |