Osteichthyes - Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Full reference: A. Tintori. 2013. A new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic (early Ladinian) of the northern Grigna mountain (Lombardy, Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 119:287-302

Belongs to Saurichthys according to A. Tintori 2013

Sister taxa: Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys), Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys), Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys), Saurichthys (Sinosaurichthys), Saurichthys aculeatus, Saurichthys apicalis, Saurichthys breviabdominalis, Saurichthys calcaratus, Saurichthys curionii, Saurichthys daubreei, Saurichthys dawaziensis, Saurichthys deperditus, Saurichthys dongusensis, Saurichthys eximius, Saurichthys gigas, Saurichthys gracilis, Saurichthys gypsophilus, Saurichthys hamiltoni, Saurichthys huanshenensis, Saurichthys indicus, Saurichthys irregularis, Saurichthys latifrons, Saurichthys lepidosteoides, Saurichthys longidens, Saurichthys macrocephalus, Saurichthys majiashanensis, Saurichthys nepalensis, Saurichthys obrutchevi, Saurichthys orientalis, Saurichthys parvidens, Saurichthys piveteaui, Saurichthys proximus, Saurichthys sceltrichensis, Saurichthys seefeldensis, Saurichthys semicostatus, Saurichthys spinosa, Saurichthys stensioi, Saurichthys striatulus, Saurichthys striolatus, Saurichthys subulatus, Saurichthys tenuirostris, Saurichthys tertius, Saurichthys ultimus, Saurichthys vjuschkovi, Saurichthys wimani, Saurichthys yangjuanensis, Saurichthys yunnanensis

Type specimen: MPUM 9546, a skeleton. Its type locality is Scudo Tremare, Northern Grigna Mountain, which is in a Fassanian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Buchenstein Formation of Italy.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Scudo Tremare, Northern Grigna Mountain

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.