Burnhamia daviesi
(Woodward, 1889)
Classification: Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Mobulidae
Reference of the original description
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Burnhamia aff. daviesi, Burnhamia (Rhinoptera) daviesi, Rhinoptera cf. daviesi, Rhinoptera daviesi, Rhinoptera daviesii
Burnhamia aff. daviesi, Burnhamia (Rhinoptera) daviesi, Rhinoptera cf. daviesi, Rhinoptera daviesi, Rhinoptera daviesii
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Burnhamia daviesi (Woodward, 1889) Eocene, Lutetian, Paris Basin, France © Jean-Francois LHOMME, www.vertebres-fossiles.com
Burnhamia daviesi (Woodward, 1889) Eocene, Lutetian, Paris Basin, France © Jean-Francois LHOMME, www.vertebres-fossiles.com
Distribution Strategraphy
Eocene
Eocene
Description
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]: Rhinoptera daviesii, sp. nov.
Type. Portion of dentition (PI. III. figs. 6, 6 a); British Museum.
Teeth transversely channelled, arranged in nine antero-posterior series. Each tooth of the median row is about four times as broad as long; the teeth of the first and second lateral rows are also much transversely elongated, being respectively about three and two-and-a-half times as broad as long; the teeth of the two outer rows are slightly broader than long.
Form. g Loc. London Clay (Lower Eocene): Isle of Sheppey.
P. 1514:. Type specimen, generically determined by Mr. William Davies. The fossil consists of a large portion of the dentition with parts of the pterygo-quadrate and mandibular cartilages, embedded in hard clay. The teeth of one jaw are much scattered and displaced, but those of the other are scarcely disturbed, being shown in transverse section surrounding the cartilage, and more than half exposed from above. The upper aspect of the dentition, as far as preserved, is shown of the natural size in PI. III. fig. 6; the crowns of the teeth have the appearance of being channelled in the direction of their long axes, and they exhibit a curious mode of interlocking antero-posteriorly, well seen in the transverse fracture (PI. III. fig. 6 a). The dental crown is thin and its lower portion is produced into a projecting ridge anteriorly, which fits into a corresponding groove upon the posterior face of the tooth immediately in front, and is firmly held by a email projecting ledge apparently from the root of that tooth. Such an arrangement has already been described by Agassiz in R. studeri (Poiss. Foss. vol IIl. p. 333, pl. R. fig. 4). The root exhibits the usual antero-posterior grooves and ridges.
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]: Rhinoptera daviesii, sp. nov.
Type. Portion of dentition (PI. III. figs. 6, 6 a); British Museum.
Teeth transversely channelled, arranged in nine antero-posterior series. Each tooth of the median row is about four times as broad as long; the teeth of the first and second lateral rows are also much transversely elongated, being respectively about three and two-and-a-half times as broad as long; the teeth of the two outer rows are slightly broader than long.
Form. g Loc. London Clay (Lower Eocene): Isle of Sheppey.
P. 1514:. Type specimen, generically determined by Mr. William Davies. The fossil consists of a large portion of the dentition with parts of the pterygo-quadrate and mandibular cartilages, embedded in hard clay. The teeth of one jaw are much scattered and displaced, but those of the other are scarcely disturbed, being shown in transverse section surrounding the cartilage, and more than half exposed from above. The upper aspect of the dentition, as far as preserved, is shown of the natural size in PI. III. fig. 6; the crowns of the teeth have the appearance of being channelled in the direction of their long axes, and they exhibit a curious mode of interlocking antero-posteriorly, well seen in the transverse fracture (PI. III. fig. 6 a). The dental crown is thin and its lower portion is produced into a projecting ridge anteriorly, which fits into a corresponding groove upon the posterior face of the tooth immediately in front, and is firmly held by a email projecting ledge apparently from the root of that tooth. Such an arrangement has already been described by Agassiz in R. studeri (Poiss. Foss. vol IIl. p. 333, pl. R. fig. 4). The root exhibits the usual antero-posterior grooves and ridges.
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=646;
Taxonomic remark (Underwood et al. 2017 [25382]): The genus Burnhamia is widespread in rocks of Eocene age, and many of the occurrences have been attributed to Burnhamia daviesi. Despite this, some of the figured specimens appear to represent other species with a lower crown and more homodont dentition, as seen in Burnhamia fetahi Cappetta, 1985. The low, narrow tooth morphology of Burnhamia fetahi (see Noubhani and Cappetta, 1992) appears to be restricted to the early Eocene; teeth of late Eocene Burnhamia, such as the Priabonian species of Egypt (Underwood et al., 2011), are wider and higher, more reminiscent of Burnhamia daviesi, as well as later genera such as Eoplinthicus and Plinthicus (see Adnet et al., 2012).
valid after Ebersole et al. (2019) p. 144 [27789];
shark-references Species-ID=646;
Taxonomic remark (Underwood et al. 2017 [25382]): The genus Burnhamia is widespread in rocks of Eocene age, and many of the occurrences have been attributed to Burnhamia daviesi. Despite this, some of the figured specimens appear to represent other species with a lower crown and more homodont dentition, as seen in Burnhamia fetahi Cappetta, 1985. The low, narrow tooth morphology of Burnhamia fetahi (see Noubhani and Cappetta, 1992) appears to be restricted to the early Eocene; teeth of late Eocene Burnhamia, such as the Priabonian species of Egypt (Underwood et al., 2011), are wider and higher, more reminiscent of Burnhamia daviesi, as well as later genera such as Eoplinthicus and Plinthicus (see Adnet et al., 2012).
valid after Ebersole et al. (2019) p. 144 [27789];
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Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
Batomorphs (Elasmobranchii: Rhinopristiformes, Rajiformes, Torpediniformes, Myliobatiformes) of the middle to late Ypresian, early Eocene, in the Anglo-Belgian Basin (south-western North Sea Basin) – a review and description of new taxa. Palaeontos, 35, 1–172
Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths. European Journal of Taxonomy, 585, 1–274
DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.585
Paleogene origin of planktivory in the Batoidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 37(3), Article e1293068
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1293068
A new elasmobranch assemblage from the early Eocene (Ypresian) Fishburne Formation of Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 52(12), 1121–1136
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2015-0061
Generic Assessment and Reallocation of Cenozoic Myliobatinae based on new information of tooth, tooth plate and caudal spine morphology of extant taxa. Palaeontos, 24, 1–66
Quantitative analysis of Elasmobranch assemblages from two successive Ypresian (early Eocene) facies at Marke, western Belgium. Geologica Belgica, 15(3), 146–153
Inventaire systématique des Invertebrata, Vertebrata, Plantae et Fungi des Sables de Bruxelles. Geominpal Belgica Découvertes géologiques, minéralogiques et paléontologiques en Belgique, 1(2): 35–65
The Elasmobranch Fauna of the Lede Sand Formation at Oosterzele (Lutetian, Middle Eocene of Belgium). Palaeofocus, 1, 1–57
London Clay Fossils of Kent and Essex. Rochester, Kent, Medway Fossil and Mineral Society, 228 p, ISBN: 978–0–9538243–1–1
Biostratigraphy and palaeobiota changes during Palaeocene-Eocene transition in the Pershinsky pit (Middle Trans-Urals). Lithosphere, 2008(1), 18–50
Nouvelles faunes de sélaciens (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) de l'Éocène des Landes (Sud-Ouest, France). Implication dans les connaissances des communautés d'eaux profondes. Palaeo Ichthyologica, 10, 1–128
London Clay Fossils of the Isle of Sheppey. Medway Lapidary and Mineral Society, ISBN 0-9538243-0-6, 100pp.
Les élasmobranches fossiles du Paléogène des Landes (Sud-Ouest, France). Implications dans la connaissance des communautés d'élasmobranches d'eaux profondes. Evolution des Squaliformes et paléoécologie. 211 p., 23 fig., annexes, 40 pl. Dipl. Doct., Univ. Montpellier II.
Part 3. Rays from the Fisher/Sullivan Site. In R.E. Weems(ed.), Fossil Vertebrates and Plants from the Fisher/Sullivan Site(Stafford County): A Record of Early Eocene Life in Virginia. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources 152: 39–51
Les restes de vertébrés des gisements yprésiens de l'Est du Bassin de Paris. pp: 1–307
A Middle Eocene selachian fauna from the White Mountain Formation of the Kizylkum Desert, Uzbekistan, C.I.S. Palaeontographica, Abt. A, 242(4–6), 99–126
Soortenlijst van fossiele vissen uit het Eoceen van België. Afzettingen WTKG, 15(4), 6–12
Fossil fish remains from the Late Paleocene Tuscahoma and Early Eocene Bashi Formations of Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Part I. Selachians. Palaeontographica, Abt. A, 230(4–6), 97–138
Age of vertebrates from the Andarak locality (southern Fergana). Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation, 1(3), 139–141
A checklist of Neoselachii (Pisces, Chondrichthyes) from the Palaeogene of the Paris Basin, France. Tertiary Research, 13(1) , 27–36
A checklist of Palaeocene and Eocene sharks and rays (Chondrichthyes) from the Pamunkey Group, Maryland and Virginia, USA. Tertiary Research, 12(2), 81–88
Die Neoselachier der Paleokaribik (Pisces: Elasmobranchii). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 119, 1–102
An Illustrated Guide to the British Middle Eocene Vertebrates. Privately published, London, 59 pp.
Fossiles de Belgique. Dents de Requins et de Raies du Tertiaire de la Belgique. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 184 pp.
Sravnenye kompleksov khryashchevykh ryb i drugikh pozovonochnykh paleogena Pritashkentshkikh. Biostratigrafia, Paleontologia Osadochnogo Chekhla Ukrainy, 1987, 167–174
Stand der Untersuchungen an der Chondrichthyes-Fauna des nordwestdeutschen Tertiärs. Beiträge zur regionalen Geologie der Erde, 18, 503–509
Haaie- en Roggentanden uit het Tertiair van Belgie. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 1–171
Elasmobranch teeth (Vertebrata, Pisces) from the Dongen Formation (Eocene) in the Netherlands. Mededelingen Van De Werkgroep Voor Tertiaire En Kwartaire Geologie, 22(2), 73–122
Fossil sharks, rays and chimaeroids of the English Tertiary period. Gosport Museum, 1–47, 10 fig., 3 tabl., 16 pl.
Late Eocene selachians from South-central Georgia. Palaeontographica, Abt. A, 176(1–3), 52–79
A selachian fauna from the Trent Formation, Lower Miocene (Aquitanian) of Eastern North Carolina. Palaeontographica, Abt. A, 171(1–3), 75–103
Eine Lagerstätte kreidezeitlicher und paläogener Chondrichthyes-Reste bei Fürstenau (Niedersachsen). Osnabrücker Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen, 6, 35–44
Troisième note sur les poissons des sables de lede (Eocène belge): Les fossiles autres que les Otholithes. Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie, 87(3), 125–152
Het Eoceen in de lokaalmoraine van Losser. Staringia, 4: 3-39
Sélaciens nouveaux du London Clay de l'Essex (Yprésien du Bassin de Londres). Geobios, 9(5), 551–575
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(76)80024-1
Faune ichthyologique du London Clay. Trustees of the British Museum: 496 pp., 82 fig., 68 pl.
(Sharks of Paleogene and their stratigraphic significance). «in russian». Nauka Press: 229 p., 76 fig., 31 pl. Moscou.
Les vertébrés fossiles des gisements de phosphates (Maroc-Algérie-Tunisie). Notes et Mémoires du Service Géologique du Maroc, 92, 1–372
Constitution et évolution de la racine dentaire des Euselachii. II. Étude comparative des types. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 23(14), 1–32
La faune ichthyologique de l'Yprésien de la Belgique. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 104, 1–267
Les poissons paléocènes et éocènes du Bassin de Paris (Note additionnelle). Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, (Serie 4), 22, 177–200
Etude des poissons fossiles du Bassin Parisien. Annales de Paléontologie, 1–144
Contribution à lètude des poisons fossils du Nord de la France et des regions voisines. Mémoires de la Société géologique du Nord, 5, 1–430
Les poissons éocènes de la Belgique. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 3(11), 49–228
Notes on the teeth of sharks and skates from English Eocene formations. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 16(1), 1–14, pl. 1.
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(99)80036-4
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
