Ferry Hill (BMNH coll.): Wuchiapingian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Semionotiformes
- Semionotidae
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Acentrophorus glaphyurus
(Agassiz 1835)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Acentrophorus glaphyrus | ||||||||||
| BMNH P.52, P.355, 41317 | ||||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Pygopteridae
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Pygopterus humboldti
Agassiz 1833
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Woodward 1891 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| BMNH P.3415, 28613, P.552 | ||||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Palaeoniscidae
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Palaeoniscus freieslebeni
(Blainville 1818)
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Woodward 1891 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Palaeoniscum freieslebeni | ||||||||||
| BMNH 28613a, 25963, P.1025, P.1028, P.352-3, P.3425-6, P.3450 | ||||||||||
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Palaeoniscus macrophthalmus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Woodward 1891 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| corrected as Palaeoniscum macrophthalmus | ||||||||||
| BMNH 28613d, 35736-7, P.1025 | ||||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Platysomidae
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Platysomus gibbosus
(Blainville 1818)
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Woodward 1891 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| BMNH 39160, P556, P3494 | ||||||||||
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Elonichthyiformes
- Acrolepididae
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Acrolepis sedgwicki
Agassiz 1833
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Woodward 1891 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| corrected as Acrolepis sedgwickii | ||||||||||
| BMNH P3407, P553, P3406 | ||||||||||
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Coelacanthimorpha
- Coelacanthiformes
- Coelacanthidae
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Coelacanthus granulatus
Agassiz 1839
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Woodward 1891 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| BMNH P.3338, P.554-5, P.3335 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Durham |
| Coordinates: | 54.7° North, 1.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.2° North, 14.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Lopingian |
| Stage: | Wuchiapingian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Wuchiapingian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 259.51000 - 254.14000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Raisby | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Marl-slate" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified carbonaceous "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ferryhill | ||
| Database number: | 131707 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-28 08:27:55 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-07-28 08:27:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38893. | A. S. Woodward. 1895. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part III 1-544 [M. Clapham/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 ] |