Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Synonyms: Asterodon Münster 1841, Dactylolepis Kunisch 1885, Eupleurodus Gürich 1884, Omphalodus von Meyer 1847
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II, IIe Partie (17me livraison) 73-336
Parent taxon: Colobodontidae according to J. Cartanyà 1999
See also Beltan 1972, Beltan 1984, Bernardi et al. 2011, Gürich 1884, Münster 1841, Murry 1989, Sepkoski 2002, Sun et al. 2008 and Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Chaohuperleidus, Engycolobodus, Feroxichthys, Procheirichthys, Ticinocolobodus
Subtaxa: Colobodus baii Colobodus bassani Colobodus bassanii Colobodus bronni Colobodus chorzowiensis Colobodus damesi Colobodus frequens Colobodus giganteus Colobodus gogolinensis Colobodus hogardi Colobodus koenigi Colobodus latus Colobodus maximus Colobodus milium Colobodus triasicus Colobodus varius Colobodus wushaensis Eupleurodus sulcatus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic to Jurassic of Belgium (2 collections)
• Triassic of Austria (3), Belgium (1), China (2), France (8), Germany (9), Hungary (1), Italy (12), Luxembourg (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (8), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 57 collections including 65 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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