†Oxygnathus ornatus Egerton 1854 (ray-finned fish)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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