†Histionotus Egerton 1854 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
Full reference: P. Egerton. 1854. On some new genera and species of fossil fishes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 13:433-436
Parent taxon: Macrosemiidae according to A. S. Woodward 1895
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agoultichthys, Eosemionotus, Legnonotus, Macrosemiocotzus, Macrosemius, Notagogus, Propterus
Subtaxa: Histionotus angularis Histionotus falsani Histionotus oberndorferi
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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