Belonorhynchus intermedius Bassani 1886 (ray-finned fish)

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 G. de Alessandri 1910

See also Bassani 1886

Sister taxa: Belonorhynchus gigas, Belonorhynchus stoppanii

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: found only at Besano (MCSN Milan collection)

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