Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Sardinioididae
Alternative spelling: Sardinoides
Synonyms: Cassandra White and Moy-Thomas 1940, Leptosomus von der Marck 1863
Full reference: W. von der Marck. 1858. Ueber einige Wirbelthiere, Kruster und Cephalopoden der Westfälischen Kreide. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 10:231-271
Parent taxon: Sardinioididae according to K. Dietze 2009
See also Goody 1969, Hay 1903, Prokofiev 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Woodward 1901 and Woodward 1902
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Leptosomus crassicostatus Leptosomus elongatus Leptosomus guestphalicus Leptosomus macrourus Sardinioides attenuatus Sardinioides crassicaudus Sardinioides illustrans Sardinioides macrophthalmus Sardinioides minimus Sardinioides monasterii Sardinioides pusillus
Type: Osmeroides monasterii
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (4 collections), Lebanon (6), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 11 collections including 18 occurrences
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