Osteichthyes - Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Synonym: Giffonus Costa 1862
Full reference: H. G. Bronn. 1858. Beiträge zur triasischen Fauna und Flora der bituminösen Schiefer von Raibl, I und II. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1858:1-32
Parent taxon: Belonorhynchidae according to P. E. Raymond 1925
See also Bassani 1895 and Woodward 1890
Sister taxa: Brevisaurichthys, Saurichthys, Saurorhynchus, Systolichthys, Stenoprotome
Subtaxa: Belonorhynchus gigas Belonorhynchus intermedius Belonorhynchus stoppanii
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), Italy (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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