Saurorhynchus Reis 1892 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Synonym: Acidorhynchus Stensio 1925

Parent taxon: Saurichthyidae according to E. E. Maxwell and S. Stumpf 2017

See also Delsate 1997, Gardiner 1960, Kogan 2016, Neuman and Wilson 1985, Sepkoski 2002 and Wenz 1967

Sister taxa: Brevisaurichthys, Saurichthys, Systolichthys, Stenoprotome, Belonorhynchus

Subtaxa: Saurorhynchus acutus Saurorhynchus anningae Saurorhynchus brevirostris Saurorhynchus hauffi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (3: Alberta collections), France (1), Germany (20), the United Kingdom (8)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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