A NEOSELACHIAN SHARK FROM THE NON-MARINE WESSEX FORMATION (WEALDEN GROUP: EARLY CRETACEOUS, BARREMIAN) OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT, SOUTHERN ENGLAND

Authors: SWEETMAN, STEVEN C.¹; UNDERWOOD, CHARLIE J.²

Source: Palaeontology, Volume 49, Number 2, March 2006 , pp. 457-465(9)

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Abstract:

Bulk screening of Early Cretaceous (Barremian) Wessex Formation strata exposed on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, southern England, has resulted in the recovery of neoselachian shark teeth referred to the scyliorhinid Palaeoscyllium. These are the first neoselachian remains from the British Wealden Group and represent the geologically oldest neoselachian yet recovered from a freshwater deposit. This is also the only known example of a non-marine occurrence of a member of the Scyliorhinidae.

Keywords: Britain; Cretaceous; Neoselachii; Palaeoscyllium; shark; Wealden

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00549.x

Affiliations: 1: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK;, Email: steven.sweetman@port.ac.uk 2: School of Earth Sciences, Birbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK;, Email: c.underwood@bbk.ac.uk

Publication date: 2006-03-01