Eskdale, Dumfriesshire (BMNH) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (55.2° N, 3.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 31.4° S, 11.1° W (Wright 2013)

When: Calciferous Sandstone Formation, Arundian (346.7 - 340.0 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 140941: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 19.03.2013, edited by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Elonichthys pulcherrimus, Elonichthys serratus
Elonichthys pulcherrimus Traquair 1881 ray-finned fish
BMNH P5119
Elonichthys serratus Traquair 1881 ray-finned fish
BMNH P4062
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Holurus parki
Holurus parki Traquair 1881
BMNH P4055, P5982
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Rhadinichthys angustulus, "Rhadinichthys elegantulus" = Rhadinichthys canobiensis
Rhadinichthys angustulus Traquair 1881
BMNH P.4071-4
"Rhadinichthys elegantulus" = Rhadinichthys canobiensis Traquair 1909
BMNH P.4075-6, P.4075a
 Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Mesolepis sp.
Mesolepis sp. Young 1866
BMNH P4084
 Phanerosteonoidei - Phanerosteonidae
Phanerosteon mirabile
Phanerosteon mirabile Traquair 1881
BMNH P.4703, P.5984-a
 Eurynotiformes - Amphicentridae
Cheirodopsis geikiei
Cheirodopsis geikiei Traquair 1881
P. 4056, P. 4084