Heterolepidotus angulati Deecke 1888 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Ionoscopiformes - Furidae

Full reference: W. Deecke. 1888. Ueber zwei Fische aus den Augulatuskalken des Unter-Elsass. Mittheilungen der Commission für die Geologische Landes-Untersuchung von Elsass-Lothringen 1:203-213

Belongs to Heterolepidotus according to W. Deecke 1888

Sister taxa: Heterolepidotus cephalus, Heterolepidotus dorsalis, Heterolepidotus egidiivenantii, Heterolepidotus gibbus, Heterolepidotus latus, Heterolepidotus rhombifer, Heterolepidotus serrulatus, Heterolepidotus striatus, Heterolepidotus taramellii, Eulepidotus sauroides

Type specimen: Its type locality is Railway cut south of Buchsweiler, which is in a Hettangian marine limestone in France

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Railway cut south of Buchsweiler

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