Also known as Cliviger
Where: England, United Kingdom (53.7° N, 2.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 8.2° S, 2.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation, Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)
• Burnley Coalfield, Lower Coal Measures
Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. G. Gardiner. 1963. Certain Palaeoniscoid fishes and the evolution of the snout in Actinopterygians. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 8(6):255-325 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 229797: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 23.03.2023
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Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Mesolepis wardi Young 1866 | |
Mesonichthys aitkeni n. gen. n. sp.
Mesonichthys aitkeni n. gen. n. sp. Traquair 1886 ray-finned fish Original holotype per Traquair 1901; lost
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