Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Synonyms: Pelargorhynchus blochiformis von der Marck 1858, Pelargorhynchus blochiiformis von der Marck 1858
Full reference: W. von der Marck. 1858. Ueber einige Wirbelthiere, Kruster und Cephalopoden der Westfälischen Kreide. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 10:231-271
Belongs to Pelargorhynchus according to J. Alvarado-Ortega and J. A. Díaz-Cruz 2021
See also Goody 1969, von der Marck 1858, von der Marck 1863, von der Marck 1885 and Woodward 1901
Sister taxon: Pelargorhynchus grandis
Type specimens:
- Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis: Its type locality is Area around Sendenhorst, which is in a Campanian carbonate lime mudstone in the Ahlen Formation of Germany
- Pelargorhynchus blochiformis:
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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