South Lodge Pit, Taplow, lower horizon: Middle Santonian, United Kingdom
collected by D.J. Ward

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias adneti Vullo 2005
Guinot et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon hermani Siverson 1992
Guinot et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Nanocorax microserratodon (Shimada 2008)
Guinot et al. 2013
Squalicorax kaupi (Agassiz 1843)
Guinot et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocoracidae
Pseudocorax laevis (Leriche 1906)
Guinot et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Leptochariidae
Leptocharias cretaceus Underwood and Ward 2008
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus elongatus (Davis 1887)
Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis Underwood and Ward 2008
Crassescyliorhinus germanicus (Herman 1982)
Pteroscyllium hermani Underwood and Ward 2008
Palaeoscyllium striatum Underwood and Ward 2008
recombined as Sigmoscyllium striatum
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae
Pararhincodon ornatus Guinot et al. 2013
Guinot et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium frequens Guinot et al. 2013
Guinot et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatos" sp. Link 1790
Guinot et al. 2012
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Agaleorhynchus britannicus Guinot et al. 2012
Guinot et al. 2012
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Buckinghamshire
Coordinates: 51.5° North, 0.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.6° North, 1.8° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Santonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Middle Santonian Other zone: Uintacrinus socialis
Age range of interval:86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Newhaven Chalk Member:Taplow Phosphatic Chalk
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Lower phosphatic horizon is Uintacrinus socialis Zone, mid Santonian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:phosphatic lithified chalk
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,acetic
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collectors:D.J. Ward
Metadata
Database number:213380
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2020-08-30 10:58:27 Last modified:2020-08-30 10:58:27
Access level:the public Released:2020-08-30 10:58:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
73639. C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2008. Sharks of the order Carcharhiniformes from the British Coniacian, Santonian and Campanian (Upper Cretaceous). Palaeontology 51:509-536 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

73758 G. Guinot, H. Cappetta, C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2012. Batoids (Elasmobranchii: Batomorphii) from the British and French Late Cretaceous. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10:445-474 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
73757 G. Guinot, C. J. Underwood, H. Cappetta and D. J. Ward. 2013. Sharks (Elasmobranchii: Euselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of France and the UK. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11:589-671 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]