Ptycholepis minor Egerton 1852 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Ptycholepidiformes - Ptycholepididae

Belongs to Ptycholepis according to A. S. Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Ptycholepis avus, Ptycholepis barboi, Ptycholepis barrati, Ptycholepis bollensis, Ptycholepis curtus, Ptycholepis gracilis, Ptycholepis magnus, Ptycholepis marshii, Ptycholepis monilifer, Ptycholepis priscus, Ptycholepis schaefferi, Ptycholepis tenuisquamata, Ptycholepis viai

Type specimen: BMNH P.574, P.3694, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Barrow-on-Soar (BMNH collection), which is in a Planorbis marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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