Histionotus Egerton 1854 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Macrosemiiformes - 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. W. H. Bartram 1977

See also Sepkoski 2002, Wagner 1863, Woodward 1895 and Woodward 1918

Sister taxa: Agoultichthys, Enchelyolepis, Eosemionotus, Legnonotus, Macrosemiocotzus, Macrosemius, Notagogus, Propterus

Subtaxa: Histionotus angularis Histionotus falsani Histionotus oberndorferi Histionotus parvus

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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