Burdiehouse, near Edinburgh (BMNH) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (55.9° N, 3.2° W: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 7.9° E)

When: Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: A. S. Woodward. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2 [W. Dahdul/B. Frable ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140936: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 19.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
"Elonichthys robisoni" = Elonichthys robisoni, "Elonichthys bucklandi" = Elonichthys robisoni
"Elonichthys robisoni" = Elonichthys robisoni Hibbert 1835 ray-finned fish
BMNH P3428, 20685, P999, P2827, P3432, P3429
"Elonichthys bucklandi" = Elonichthys robisoni Hibbert 1835 ray-finned fish
BMNH P1001-a, P.4396
 Palaeoniscimorpha -
"Eurynotus crenatus" = Notacmon crenatus
"Eurynotus crenatus" = Notacmon crenatus Gistel 1848
BMNH 36044, 50092, P976-7, P3504
 Palaeonisciformes - Cosmoptychiidae
"Elonichthys striatus" = Cosmoptychius striatus
"Elonichthys striatus" = Cosmoptychius striatus Agassiz 1835
BMNH 47719
 Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Rhadinichthys ornatissimus Agassiz 1835
BMNH P.3439