Osteichthyes - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
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 Pholidophorus according to G. de Alessandri 1910
See also Bassani 1886
Sister taxa: Pholidophorus angustus, Pholidophorus australis, Pholidophorus beggiatianus, Pholidophorus brevis, Pholidophorus browni, Pholidophorus dubius, Pholidophorus furcatus, Pholidophorus gaudryi, Pholidophorus germanicus, Pholidophorus gracilis, Pholidophorus granulatus, Pholidophorus gregarius, Pholidophorus hartmanni, Pholidophorus higginsi, Pholidophorus intermedius, Pholidophorus latimanus, Pholidophorus latiusculus, Pholidophorus latus, Pholidophorus longiserratus, Pholidophorus macrocephalus, Pholidophorus maximus, Pholidophorus microlepidotus, Pholidophorus micronyx, Pholidophorus microps, Pholidophorus minor, Pholidophorus nitidus, Pholidophorus onychius, Pholidophorus ornatus, Pholidophorus pachysomus, Pholidophorus purbeckensis, Pholidophorus pusillus, Pholidophorus radians, Pholidophorus radiatopunctatus, Pholidophorus spaethi, Pholidophorus stricklandi, Pholidophorus striolaris, Pholidophorus taxis, Pholidophorus uraeoides
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: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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