Tetragonolepis obscurus Münster 1841 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae

Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152

Belongs to Tetragonolepis according to G. Münster 1841

Sister taxa: Tetragonolepis bouei, Tetragonolepis confluens, Tetragonolepis discus, Tetragonolepis drosera, Tetragonolepis heteroderma, Tetragonolepis leachi, Tetragonolepis leiosomus, Tetragonolepis mastodonteus, Tetragonolepis monilifer, Tetragonolepis oldhami, Tetragonolepis ovalis, Tetragonolepis pustulatus, Tetragonolepis semicincta, Tetragonolepis serratus, Tetragonolepis speciosus

Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Munster coll)

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