Osteichthyes - Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae
Alternative combination: Ptycholepis curta
Full reference: P. Egerton. 1854. On some new genera and species of fossil fishes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 13:433-436
Belongs to Ptycholepis according to A. S. Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Ptycholepis avus, Ptycholepis barboi, Ptycholepis barrati, Ptycholepis bollensis, Ptycholepis gracilis, Ptycholepis magnus, Ptycholepis marshii, Ptycholepis minor, Ptycholepis monilifer, Ptycholepis priscus, Ptycholepis schaefferi, Ptycholepis tenuisquamata, Ptycholepis viai
Type specimen: BMNH P.6334, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Lower Lias unspecified (BMNH), which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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