Esocelops cavifrons Woodward 1901 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Elopidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636

Belongs to Esocelops according to A. S. Woodward 1901

See also Casier 1966

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH P1749, a skull

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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