Pholidophorus gregarius Woodward 1890 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1890. The fossil fishes of the Hawkesbury Series at Gosford. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales. Palaeontology 4:1-57

Belongs to Pholidophorus according to A. S. Woodward 1890

Sister taxa: Pholidophorus angustus, Pholidophorus australis, Pholidophorus barazzettii, Pholidophorus brevis, Pholidophorus browni, Pholidophorus curionii, Pholidophorus dubius, Pholidophorus furcatus, Pholidophorus gaudryi, Pholidophorus germanicus, Pholidophorus gracilis, Pholidophorus granulatus, Pholidophorus hartmanni, Pholidophorus higginsi, Pholidophorus intermedius, Pholidophorus latimanus, Pholidophorus latiusculus, Pholidophorus latus, Pholidophorus longiserratus, Pholidophorus macrocephalus, Pholidophorus maximus, Pholidophorus microlepidotus, Pholidophorus micronyx, Pholidophorus microps, Pholidophorus minor, Pholidophorus nitidus, Pholidophorus onychius, Pholidophorus ornatus, Pholidophorus pachysomus, Pholidophorus purbeckensis, Pholidophorus pusillus, Pholidophorus radians, Pholidophorus radiatopunctatus, Pholidophorus spaethi, Pholidophorus stricklandi, Pholidophorus striolaris, Pholidophorus taxis, Pholidophorus uraeoides

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll), which is in a Spathian/Bithynian lacustrine shale in the Terrigal Formation of Australia

Ecology: suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll)

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