Osteichthyes - Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Full reference: F. Bassani. 1886. Sui fossili e sull'età degli schisti bituminosi triasici di Besano in Lombardia [On the fossils and the age of the Triassic bituminous schist of Besano in Lombardy]. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturale del Museo Civili de Storia Naturali 29:15-72
Belongs to Belonorhynchus according to E. Andersson 1916
See also Bassani 1886 and de Alessandri 1910
Sister taxa: Belonorhynchus gigas, Belonorhynchus intermedius
Type specimen: Its type locality is Besano (MCSN Milan collection), which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Italy
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (1 collection), Switzerland (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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