Saurichthys apicalis Agassiz 1834 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

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

Belongs to Saurichthys according to N. L. Chhabra and V. P. Mishra 2002

See also Agassiz 1834, Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Münster 1839, Rieppel 1985, Sahni and Chhabra 1976 and Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys), Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys), Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys), Saurichthys (Sinosaurichthys), Saurichthys aculeatus, Saurichthys breviabdominalis, Saurichthys calcaratus, Saurichthys curionii, Saurichthys daubreei, Saurichthys dawaziensis, Saurichthys deperditus, Saurichthys dongusensis, Saurichthys eximius, Saurichthys gigas, Saurichthys gracilis, Saurichthys grignae, Saurichthys gypsophilus, Saurichthys hamiltoni, Saurichthys huanshenensis, Saurichthys indicus, Saurichthys irregularis, Saurichthys latifrons, Saurichthys lepidosteoides, Saurichthys longidens, Saurichthys macrocephalus, Saurichthys majiashanensis, Saurichthys nepalensis, Saurichthys obrutchevi, Saurichthys orientalis, Saurichthys parvidens, Saurichthys piveteaui, Saurichthys proximus, Saurichthys sceltrichensis, Saurichthys seefeldensis, Saurichthys semicostatus, Saurichthys spinosa, Saurichthys stensioi, Saurichthys striatulus, Saurichthys striolatus, Saurichthys subulatus, Saurichthys tenuirostris, Saurichthys tertius, Saurichthys ultimus, Saurichthys vjuschkovi, Saurichthys wimani, Saurichthys yangjuanensis, Saurichthys yunnanensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

• Triassic of France (1), Germany (5), India (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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