Dineley, D. & Metcalf, S. GCR Editor: D. Palmer. 1999. Fossil Fishes of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series No. 16. JNCC, Peterborough, ISBN 1 86107 470 0.
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Acknowledgements
Access to the countryside
Conserving our fossil heritage — JNCC Policy Statement
Preface
Museum abbreviations
1 British fossil fish and amphibian sites
Introduction
Amphibians
The geological background
Palaeontology
Classification
Fishes of the Palaeozoic Era
Fishes of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic
Taphonomy
Palaeoecology
Biostratigraphy
History of research
Palaeontological conservation
The choice and distribution of the GCR sites
Sites of British fossil amphibians
2 Silurian fossil fishes sites of Scotland
Introduction: Silurian palaeogeography and stratigraphy
Environments
Fish faunas
Fish sites
Comparison with the faunas of other regions
3 Late Silurian fossil fishes sites of the Welsh Borders
Introduction: Palaeogeography and stratigraphy
Environments
Fish faunas
Fish sites
Ludford Lane and Ludford Corner
Downton Castle area: Downton Castle Bridge, Tin Mill Race, Forge Rough Weir and Castle Bridge Mill
4 Early Devonian fossil fishes sites of the Welsh Borders
Introduction: Palaeogeography and stratigraphy
Environments
Fish faunas
Fish sites
5 Early Devonian fossil fishes sites of Scotland
Introduction: Palaeogeography and stratigraphy
Environments
Fish faunas
Fish sites
6 Mid-Devonian fossil fishes sites of Scotland
Introduction: Palaeogeography and stratigraphy
Environments
Fish faunas
Fish sites
7 Mid- and Late Devonian fossil fishes sites of England and Wales
Introduction: Palaeogeography and stratigraphy
Environments
Fish faunas
Fish sites
Comparison with other regions
8 Late Devonian fossil fishes sites of Scotland
Introduction: Palaeogeography and stratigraphy
Environments
Fish faunas
Fish sites
Comparison with other regions
9 British Carboniferous fossil fishes sites
Introduction: Palaeogeography and stratigraphy
Environments
Fish faunas
Fish sites
10 British Permian fossil fishes sites
Introduction: Palaeogeography and stratigraphy
Environments
Fish faunas
Fish sites
Amphibian faunas and sites
11 British Triassic fossil fishes sites
Introduction: Palaeogeography and stratigraphy
Environments
Fish and amphibian faunas
Mid-Triassic of central and southern England
Fish and amphibian sites
Late Triassic of central and South-West England
Fish sites
Vertebrate-bearing fissure deposits of South-West England
Fish sites
12 British Jurassic fossil fishes sites
Introduction: Palaeogeography and stratigraphy
Environments
Fish faunas
Early Jurassic or Lias
Fish sites
Lyme Regis coast (Pinhay Bay–Charmouth)
Whitby coast (East Pier–Whitestone Point)
Fish and tetrapod sites
Kirtlington Old Cement Works Quarry
Kimmeridge Bay (Gaulter Gap–Broad Bench)
13 British Cretaceous fossil fishes sites
Introduction: Palaeogeography and stratigraphy
Environments
Fish faunas
Early Cretaceous: Wealden Group (Berriasian–Barremian)
Fish sites
Early ('Mid-') Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian)
Fish sites
East Wear Bay Late Cretaceous: the Chalk
Fish sites
Southerham (Machine Bottom Pit)
Southerham (Lime Kiln Quarries)
14 British Cenozoic fossil fishes sites
Introduction: Palaeogeography and stratigraphy
Environments
Fish faunas
Pre-London Clay Tertiaries of the London Basin
Fish sites
Fish sites
Late Palaeogene of the Hampshire Basin
Fish sites
15 Sites for British stem Tetrapoda and Amphibia
Introduction
Classification and evolution
Stem tetrapods and amphibians in the British palaeontological record
Index