Albuliform fish remains (Teleostei, Elopomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian) Wadhurst Clay Formation of the Wealden Supergroup of southeast England

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I thank D. Brockhurst for advising me of the existence of the ‘conglomerate bed’ and other horizons at Ashdown Brickworks yielding small vertebrate remains. D. Brockhurst, P. Austen, and J. Austen are thanked for assistance with the collection of samples and for providing measurements of the section as currently exposed. S. Chapman of Ibstock Brick Limited is thanked for providing access to the pit. I am also grateful for the assistance of staff at Bexhill Museum and in particular the curator J. Porter. D. Brinkman, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, is thanked for helpful comments concerning Late Cretaceous albuliforms occurring in North America and for alerting me to the existence of crayfish gastroliths. J. Kriwet, Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Austria, and M. Newbrey, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, are thanked for their reviews of the submitted manuscript that prompted significant improvements. Handling editor: Matt Friedman