Burntisland, Fifeshire (BMNH) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (56.1° N, 3.2° W: paleocoordinates 4.0° N, 7.9° E)

When: Calciferous Sandstone Formation, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: A. S. Woodward. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2 [W. Dahdul/B. Frable ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140938: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 19.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
"Elonichthys bucklandi" = Elonichthys robisoni
"Elonichthys bucklandi" = Elonichthys robisoni Hibbert 1835 ray-finned fish
BMNH P4397
 Palaeoniscimorpha -
"Eurynotus crenatus" = Notacmon crenatus
"Eurynotus crenatus" = Notacmon crenatus Gistel 1848
BMNH P977a
 Palaeonisciformes - Cosmoptychiidae
"Elonichthys striatus" = Cosmoptychius striatus
"Elonichthys striatus" = Cosmoptychius striatus Agassiz 1835
BMNH P648b
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Rhadinichthys ornatissimus Agassiz 1835
BMNH 41129