Berycopsis elegans Dixon 1850 (ray-finned fish)
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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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