Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Sardinioididae

Alternative combination: Osmeroides crassicaudus

Full reference: W. von der Marck. 1863. Fossile Fische, Krebse und Pflanzen aus den Plattenkalken der jüngsten Kreide aus Westfalen. Palaeontographica 11:1-83

Belongs to Sardinioides according to K. Dietze 2009

See also Hay 1903, von der Marck 1863 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Sardinioides attenuatus, Sardinioides illustrans, Sardinioides macrophthalmus, Sardinioides minimus, Sardinioides monasterii, Sardinioides pusillus, Leptosomus elongatus, Leptosomus crassicostatus, Leptosomus guestphalicus, Leptosomus macrourus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bauerschaft Bracht, near Sendenhorst (Cretaceous of Germany)

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