Probably from the Burham district (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)

• "Probably from one of the lower zones"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Enniskillen; 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 222454: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.09.2021

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Notacanthiformes - Halosauridae
Enchelurus anglicus Woodward 1901
BMNH P.4249
 Myctophiformes - Sardinioididae
Sardinioides illustrans n. sp. Woodward 1902
BMNH P.3977