Leptosomus guestphalicus von der Marck 1863 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Sardinioididae

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 Leptosomus according to A. S. Woodward 1901

See also von der Marck 1863

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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arenfelde quarry, near Sendenhorst (Cretaceous of Germany)

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