Heterolepidotus Egerton 1872 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Ionoscopiformes - Furidae

Synonyms: Eulepidotus Egerton 1868, Plesiolepidotus Schlosser 1923

Parent taxon: Eugnathidae according to A. S. Woodward 1895

See also Gardiner 1960, Romano et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archaeosemionotus, Furo, Osteorachis, Lophiostomus, Neorhombolepis, Xingyia, Callopterus

Subtaxa: Eulepidotus sauroides Heterolepidotus angulati Heterolepidotus cephalus Heterolepidotus dorsalis Heterolepidotus egidiivenantii Heterolepidotus gibbus Heterolepidotus latus Heterolepidotus rhombifer Heterolepidotus serrulatus Heterolepidotus striatus Heterolepidotus taramellii

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (7)

• Triassic of Austria (2), Italy (4), Luxembourg (1)

Total: 15 collections including 22 occurrences

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