Orthurus Kner 1866 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes

Full reference: R. Kner. 1866. Die Fische der bituminösen Schiefer von Raibl in Kärnthen. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 53(1):152-197

Parent taxon: Semionotiformes according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alleiolepis, Allelepidotus, Aphelolepis, Austrolepidotus, Callipurbeckiidae, Callopteus, Corunegenys, Enigmatichthys, Heterostrophus, Lophionotus, Macrosemiidae, Pericentrophorus, Plesiolepidotus, Prionopleurus, Semionotidae, Semionotoidei, Serrolepis, Sinosemionotus, Sphathiurus, Tungusichthyidae

Subtaxa: Orthurus sturii

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Type: Orthurus sturii

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Raibl, Carinthia (Stur collection) (Triassic of Italy)

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