Berycopsis elegans Dixon 1850 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Full reference: F. Dixon. 1850. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex xvi-422

Belongs to Berycopsis according to C. Patterson 1964

See also Dixon 1850 and Woodward 1902

Sister taxa: Berycopsis germanus, Berycopsis paucoradius, Berycopsis pulcher, Platycormus gibbosus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Clayton Chalk Pit (Chalk Marl), which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the Beer Head Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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