Carluke, Lanarkshire (BMNH): Pennsylvanian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthida - Orthacanthidae
Diplodus tenuis n. sp. Woodward 1889
5 specimens
BMNH P. 3026 (Enniskillen Coll.), 20695-6, 21422 (purchased 1847), 21975 (purchased 1848)
Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae
Pleuracanthus laevissimus Agassiz 1837
1 specimen
BMNH 21423a (purchased 1847)
Pleuracanthus robustus Davis 1880
1 specimen
BMNH 21423 (purchased 1847)
Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Pleuroplax attheyi (Barkas 1874)
3 specimens
BMNH 21423 (purchased 1847), P.2466, 2282 (Enniskillen coll.)
Pleuroplax rankinei Hancock and Atthey 1843
7 specimens
BMNH 21422, 21975, 33300, (purchased 1847-8, 1858), P.1414 (Egerton coll.), P.2281, P.2480, P.2482 (Enniskillen coll.)
Chondrichthyes - Helodontiformes - Helodontidae
Helodus simplex Agassiz 1838
4 specimens
BMNH 21422, 21975 (purchased 1847-8), P.2905 (Enniskillen coll.), P.2283 (presented by George Griffiths, Esq., 1882)
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae
Janassa bituminosa (Schlotheim 1820)
1 specimen
BMNH P.3036 (Enniskillen Coll.)
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Belantseidae
Ctenoptychius apicalis Agassiz 1838
2 specimens
BMNH P.3021 (Enniskillen Coll.), 21423 (purchased 1847)
unclassified
Strepsodus sauroides (Binney 1841)
Woodward 1891 4 specimens
BMNH P.2287, 21227, 21423, P.4579
Osteolepiformes - Megalichthyidae
Rhizodopsis sauroides Williamson 1849
Woodward 1891 2 specimens
BMNH 21421a, 41131
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom County:Lanarkshire
Coordinates: 55.7° North, 3.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.6° North, 7.6° 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: Coal Measures
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial 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:137307
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:P. Vazquez
Modifier:S. Fasey Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-12-14 10:40:31 Last modified:2023-06-12 09:58:30
Access level:the public Released:2012-12-14 10:40:31
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 ]