Oxygnathus Egerton 1854 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Full reference: P. Egerton. 1854. On some new genera and species of fossil fishes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 13:433-436

Parent taxon: Palaeoniscidae according to A. S. Woodward 1890

See also Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Alvinichthys, Ambodipia, Apateolepis, Canobius, Carboveles, Cryphiolepis, Cycloptychius, Dicellopyge, Ferganiscus, Ganolepis, Gonatodus, Grygorichthys, Guizhouniscus, Gyrolepis, Holurus, Isodus, Isodus leptognathus, Koinichthys, Myriolepis, Nematoptychius, Palaeoniscum, Palaeoniscus, Paraeurynotus, Rhadinoniscus, Semionotus brodei, Sixtelia, Strepheoschema, Suchonichthys, Tegeolepis, Trachelacanthus, Turfania, Turseodus, Wayaobulepis

Subtaxa: Oxygnathus browni Oxygnathus egertoni Oxygnathus ornatus Pteroniscus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Italy (1 collection), Kazakhstan (1), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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