Furo orthostomus Agassiz 1842 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Ionoscopiformes - Furidae

Alternative combination: Eugnathus orthostomus

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1842. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (14me livraison)

Belongs to Furo according to M. T. Antunes et al. 1981

See also Agassiz 1842, Agassiz 1843 and Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Furo insignis, Furo normandica, Eugnathus altus, Eugnathus opercularis, Eugnathus philpotiae, Eugnathus microlepidotus, Eugnathus serratus, Eugnathus trottii, Eugnathus hastingsiae, Eugnathus polyodon, Eugnathus speciosus, Eugnathus minor, Eugnathus hermesi, Eugnathus brachilepis

Type specimen: BMNH P.465, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Egerton collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Portugal (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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