Aspidorhynchus crassus Woodward 1890 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae

Belongs to Aspidorhynchus according to A. S. Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Aspidorhynchus acutirostris, Aspidorhynchus comptoni, Aspidorhynchus euodus, Aspidorhynchus fisheri, Aspidorhynchus lepturus, Aspidorhynchus mandibularis, Aspidorhynchus montissancti, Aspidorhynchus ornatissimus, Aspidorhynchus sanzenbacheri, Aspidorhynchus speciosus, Aspidorhynchus walchneri

Type specimen: BMNH 39199, 39200, a skull. Its type locality is Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford (BMNH fish), which is in a Bathonian marine slate in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford (BMNH fish)

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