Where: England, United Kingdom (54.2° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 10.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Speeton Clay Formation, Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, concretionary, black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by C.J. Underwood, S.F. Mitchell in 1996-1998; reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: chemical, mechanical
Primary reference: C. J. Underwood. 2004. Barremian and Aptian (Cretaceous) sharks and rays from Speeton, Yorkshire, NE England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 55:107-118 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 213572: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.09.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Synechodus dubrisiensis Mackie 1863 elasmobranch | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Protosqualus sp. Cappetta 1977 dogfish shark | |
Palaeobrachaelurus mitchelli n. sp.
Palaeobrachaelurus mitchelli n. sp. Underwood 2004 carpet shark |