Oxygnathus ornatus Egerton 1854 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Synonym: Thrissonotus colei Agassiz 1843

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

Belongs to Oxygnathus according to A. S. Woodward 1891

See also Agassiz 1843 and Woodward 1890

Sister taxa: Oxygnathus browni, Oxygnathus egertoni, Pteroniscus

Type specimens:

  • Oxygnathus ornatus: BMNH P3485, a skull. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Egerton collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.
  • Thrissonotus colei: BMNH P3509, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Enniskillen collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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