Osteichthyes - Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae
Full reference: F. Bassani. 1886. Sui fossili e sull'età degli schisti bituminosi triasici di Besano in Lombardia [On the fossils and the age of the Triassic bituminous schist of Besano in Lombardy]. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturale del Museo Civili de Storia Naturali 29:15-72
Belongs to Ptycholepis according to A. Tintori et al. 2016
See also Andersson 1916, Bassani 1886, Brough 1939, Bürgin 1992, Cartanyà 1999 and de Alessandri 1910
Sister taxa: Ptycholepis avus, Ptycholepis barrati, Ptycholepis bollensis, Ptycholepis curtus, Ptycholepis gracilis, Ptycholepis magnus, Ptycholepis marshii, Ptycholepis minor, Ptycholepis monilifer, Ptycholepis priscus, Ptycholepis schaefferi, Ptycholepis tenuisquamata, Ptycholepis viai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Besano (MCSN Milan collection), which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Italy
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (4 collections), Spain (4), Switzerland (7)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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