Eothynnus salmoneus Woodward 1901 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

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

Belongs to Eothynnus according to A. S. Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH P623, a partial skull. Its type locality is Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection)

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