†Cephaloxenus macropterus Brough 1939 (ray-finned fish)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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