Skip to content
fossilcodes.org
The West Dorset & Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliffs National Nature Reserve Fossil Collecting Codes and Recording Schemes
Search The Fossil Register
The Fossil Collecting Codes
Research
Sign Up/Login
Fish
Record Number
WDS424
Fossil Description
Partial 3D skull preserved within a limestine nodule. Tooth plates, cartilage, possible skin and potential defensive spine present.
Taxonomy
Class
Chondrichthyes
Order
Chimaeriformes
Genus
Myriacanthus?
General stratigraphy
(ex situ)
Formation
Charmouth Mudstone
Member
Black Ven Mudstone
Period
Jurassic
Epoch
Lower Jurassic
Age
Sinemurian
Location Area
Stonebarrow
Other Images
Date Of Find
02/04/2023
Date Recorded
17/04/2023
Common Name
Fish
Category
2