Belonostomus Agassiz 1834 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae

Synonym: Diphyodus Lambe 1902

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1834. Abgerissene Bemerkungen über fossile Fische. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1834:379-390

Parent taxon: Aspidorhynchidae according to J. Amalfitano et al. 2020

See also Arratia 2015, Bice and Shimada 2016, Bogan et al. 2011, Brito and Suarez 2003, Bryant 1989, Estes 1964, Estes and Berberian 1970, Forey et al. 2003, Gardiner 1960, Hoganson et al. 2019, Lambe 1902, Peng et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Aspidorhynchus, Richmondichthys, Vinctifer

Subtaxa: Belonostomus aciculiferus Belonostomus attenuatus Belonostomus brachysomus Belonostomus carinatus Belonostomus cinctus Belonostomus dalmaticus Belonostomus helgolandicus Belonostomus indicus Belonostomus kochii Belonostomus lamarquensis Belonostomus lesinaensis Belonostomus longirostris Belonostomus matteuzi Belonostomus muensteri Belonostomus novaki Belonostomus sphyraenoides Belonostomus subulatus Belonostomus tenuirostris Belonostomus ventralis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (1: North Dakota collection)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Belgium (1), Canada (44: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), Croatia (2), France (1), Germany (2), India (4), Italy (5), Lebanon (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), United States (34: Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1)

• Jurassic of France (1)

Total: 105 collections including 107 occurrences

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