Protarpon priscus Woodward 1901

Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Megalopidae

Alternative combination: Megalops priscus

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636

Belongs to Protarpon according to P. L. Forey 1973

See also Casier 1966 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Protarpon boualii, Protarpon oblongus

Type specimen: BMNH 36070, a skull

Distribution: found only at Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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