Osteorachis Egerton 1868 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Ionoscopiformes - Furidae

Synonym: Isocolum Egerton 1868

Full reference: P. G. Egerton. 1868. On the characters of some new fossil fish from the Lias of Lyme Regis. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 24:499-505

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

See also Gardiner 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Osteorachis granulatum Osteorachis leedsi Osteorachis macrocephalus

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Type: Osteorachis macrocephalus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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