Scheenstia mantelli Agassiz 1833 (gar)

Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes

Alternative combinations: Lepidotes mantelli, Lepidotus mantelli, Lepidotus mantellii

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (1re livraison) 1-48

Belongs to Scheenstia according to A. López-Arbarello 2012

See also Agassiz 1833, Agassiz 1834, Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1837, Gardiner 1960, Taverne 1981 and Woodward 1919

Sister taxa: Scheenstia decoratus, Scheenstia degenhardti, Scheenstia hauchecornei, Scheenstia laevis, Scheenstia maximus, Scheenstia zappi

Type specimen: BMNH 2456

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), France (1), Germany (1), Spain (5), the United Kingdom (2)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of France (2)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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