- Asset ID
- 502
- Title
- Sardinoides illustrans
- Creator
- NHM
- Credit
- NHM Images
- KEYWORDS
- P3977
fossilised
animal
vertebrate
fossil record
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ancient
paleontology
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Sardinoides illustrans
This specimen is the Holotype for this species. This beautiful three-dimensionally preserved fossil is from the English Chalk. Part of the Enniskillen Collection (one of the first major fossil fish collections in the Museum).