Osteichthyes - Embolomera - Archeriidae

Synonyms: Cricotus discophorus Cope 1877, Cricotus gibsoni Cope 1877, Cricotus gibsonii Cope 1877

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. On fossil remains of Reptilia and fishes from Illinois. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 27(1):404-411

Belongs to Cricotus according to E. D. Cope 1884

See also Cope 1875, Cope 1877, Hay 1902 and Panchen 1970

Sister taxon: Cricotus crassidiscus

Type specimens:

• Cricotus heteroclitus: Its type locality is Danville Locality (Vertebrates), which is in a Missourian terrestrial horizon in the Bond Formation of Illinois
• Cricotus discophorus: Its type locality is Danville Locality (Vertebrates), which is in a Missourian terrestrial horizon in the Bond Formation of Illinois.
• Cricotus gibsonii: Its type locality is Danville Locality (Vertebrates), which is in a Missourian terrestrial horizon in the Bond Formation of Illinois.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Danville Locality (Vertebrates)

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