Cephaloxenus macropterus Brough 1939 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae

Full reference: J. Brough. 1939. The Triassic fishes of Besano, Lombardy 1-117

Belongs to Cephaloxenus according to T. Bürgin 1992

See also Brough 1939

Sister taxon: Cephaloxenus sqamiserratus

Type specimen: BMNH P.19395, a skeleton. Its type locality is Besano, Bender collection, Monte San Giorgio, which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Italy.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Italy (1 collection), Switzerland (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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