Burham (Holaster subglobosus zone) (Cretaceous to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 2.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zig Zag Chalk Formation (Chalk Group), Middle Cenomanian to Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: A. S. Woodward. 1902. The fossil fishes of the English Chalk, Part I. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 56:1-56 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222446: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.09.2021

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Ctenothrissiformes - Ctenothrissidae
Ctenothrissa radians Agassiz 1837
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus lewesiensis Mantell 1822
Dibley collection
 Aulopiformes - Eurypholidae
"Enchodus pulchellus" = Eurypholis pulchellus
"Enchodus pulchellus" = Eurypholis pulchellus Woodward 1901
BMNH 47926
 Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae
"Homonotus dorsalis" = Homonotichthys dorsalis
"Homonotus dorsalis" = Homonotichthys dorsalis Dixon 1850 beardfish
BMNH 41673