Fossil specimen : OUM J.03094 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Chondrichthyes Order Synechodontiformes |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Palaeospinax priscus (Agassiz, 1838) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Palaeospinax priscus (Agassiz, 1838) – See Duffin (1993): Holotype Palaeospinax priscus (Agassiz, 1838) – See Powell & Edmonds (1978): Holotype Thyellina prisca Agassiz, 1838 – See Woodward & Sherborn (1890): Holotype Palaeospinax priscus (Agassiz, 1838) – See Woodward (1889): Holotype Palaeospinax prisca (Agassiz, 1838) – See Egerton (1872): Holotype Thyellina prisca Agassiz, 1838 – See Agassiz (1843): Holotype |
| Registration No. | J.03094 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Philpot, E. 1880 |
| Held By |
 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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| Comments | J.3094 & J.3095a-c are probably part & counterpart |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Lyme Regis, Dorset |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Blue Lias Formation |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Sinemurian Age (Jurassic Period) – Rhaetian Age (Triassic Period) (190.8 – 209.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | AGASSIZ, L. 1843. Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles, III (IV), Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel, pp. 157-390. p. 378; pl. 39, figs 1, 2 (published 1838) DUFFIN, C.J. and WARD, D.J. 1993. The early Jurassic Palaeospinacid sharks of Lyme Regis, southern England. Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Paper 264: Elasmobranches et Stratigraphie, 53-102. p. 54; pl. 1 a, b EGERTON, Sir P. M. de Grey. 1872. Figures and descriptions of British Organic Remains, Decade XIII, vii. Memoir of the Geological Survey, U.K. p. 1 POWELL, H.P. and EDMONDS, J.M. 1978. List of Type-fossils in the Philpot Collection, Oxford University Museum. Proc. Dorset nat. Hist. archaeol. Soc., 98 (for 1976), 48-53. p. 52 WOODWARD, A.S. 1889. A Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part I. Printed by order of the Trustees, London, 474 pp, pls I-XVII. p. 322 WOODWARD, A.S. and SHERBORN, C.D. 1890. A Catalogue of British fossil Vertebrata. Dulau and Co., London, 396 pp. p. 141 |
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