Victoria Pit (Carboniferous to of the United Kingdom)

Also known as St Helens

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.5° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 7.5° E)

When: Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation, Bashkirian to Bashkirian (323.2 - 307.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: S. Henderson, E. M. Dunne, S. A. Fasey and S. Giles. 2023. The early diversification of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii): hypotheses, challenges and future prospects. Biological Reviews 98:284-315 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 230545: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 30.06.2023

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Platysomus forsteri Hancock and Atthey 1872
NHMUK P.9804
Mesolepis sp. Young 1866
NHMUK P.9805