Horton Bluff fish collection (Carboniferous of Canada)

Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.1° N, 64.2° W: paleocoordinates 22.8° S, 14.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Horton Bluff Formation (Horton Group), Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine deltaic; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Redpath Museum, National Museum of Canada

Primary reference: B. G. Gardiner. 1966. Catalogue of Canadian fossil fishes. Life Sciences Contribution of the Royal Ontario Museum 68:1-154 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230133: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 12.05.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
"Rhadinichthys" sp.
"Rhadinichthys" sp. Traquair 1877
Probably Moythomasia sp. per Gardiner 1966; Locality listed as "Horton-Windsor District", assumed to be the same locality
 Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepididae
Acrolepis hortonensis
Acrolepis hortonensis Dawson 1868 ray-finned fish
Redpath museum; fragment of jaw and scales
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Elonichthys sp.
Elonichthys sp. Giebel 1848 ray-finned fish