Aspidorhynchus fisheri Egerton 1854 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae

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 Aspidorhynchus according to P. Egerton 1854

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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Swanage (general) (BMNH) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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