Homonotichthys rotundus Woodward 1902

Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae

Alternative combination: Homonotus rotundus

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1902. The fossil fishes of the English Chalk, Part I. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 56:1-56

Belongs to Homonotichthys according to C. Patterson 1964

See also Woodward 1902

Sister taxa: Homonotichthys dorsalis, Homonotichthys pulchellus, Homonotus pulcher

Type specimen: Its type locality is Page's Pit, Westwell, which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the Zig Zag Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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