†Thrissopater megalops Woodward 1901 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Elopidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636
Belongs to Thrissopater according to A. S. Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Hypsodon lewesiensis, Thrissopater magnus, Thrissopater salmoneus
Type specimen: BMNH 49826, a skull
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Southern Provine Chalk fishes, multiple localities (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)
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