Actinopterygian fish from the Dinantian of Foulden, Berwickshire, Scotland

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Abstract
The four stem-group neopterygians from Foulden are redescribed: Carboveles ovensi White, Aetheretmon valentiacum White, Strepheoschema fouldenensis White and Fouldenia ottadinica White. Carboveles is shown to be a junior synonym of Phanerosteon Traquair, Fouldenia ottadinica White is synonymised with Styracopterus fulcratus (Traquair), Strepheoschema rhodesi Moy-Thomas with S. fouldenensis White and Aetheretmon whitei Moy-Thomas with A. valentiacum White. The family Strepheoschemidae is erected to comprise Strepheoschema and Aetheretmon, characterised by paired ventral ridge scales in front of the pelvic fins. Cosmoptychius striatus (Agassiz), recorded here from Foulden for the first time, is widespread in the geologically younger Oil Shale Group. The Foulden actinopterygian fauna is identical to that of the Cementstone Group at Coomsdon Burn, Northumberland, although with two additional taxa. Styracopterus fulcratus occurs also at a further two Cementstone Group localities in Scotland.