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Description: | Nearly complete specimen showing head and pectoral fin but lacking the caudal area. Atthey, T. (1875 & 1877a) described his new species Palaeoniscus hancocki from numerous specimens collected from Newsham, Cramlington and Kenton which he did not figure. Traquair, R.H. (1910 , p.148) stated that the type specimens were collected and described by the late Mr.Thomas Atthey, and were in the museum of the Natural History Society, Newcastle. He acknowledged the loan of these specimens for the purposes of his work on Rhandinichthys hancocki, and figured two specimens from Atthey's type material (NEWHM:G060.11 and NEWHM:G060.12). These could therefore be considered as Syntypes.
The specimen was found in Northumberland.
It is from the Carboniferous period (362 - 290 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | T. Classification: Chordata Atthey Palaeonisciformes Pisces Actinopterygii Osteichthyes | Temporal: | Carboniferous period (362 - 290 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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