Tetragonolepis drosera Egerton 1853 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae

Belongs to Tetragonolepis according to A. S. Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Tetragonolepis bouei, Tetragonolepis confluens, Tetragonolepis discus, Tetragonolepis heteroderma, Tetragonolepis leachi, Tetragonolepis leiosomus, Tetragonolepis mastodonteus, Tetragonolepis monilifer, Tetragonolepis obscurus, Tetragonolepis oldhami, Tetragonolepis ovalis, Tetragonolepis pustulatus, Tetragonolepis semicincta, Tetragonolepis serratus, Tetragonolepis speciosus

Type specimen: BMNH 20563. Its type locality is Boll, near Göppingen (BMNH coll), which is in a Toarcian marine siliciclastic in Germany.

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Boll, near Göppingen (BMNH coll)

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