Macrosemius Agassiz 1834 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1834. Abgerissene Bemerkungen über fossile Fische. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1834:379-390

Parent taxon: Macrosemiidae according to A. López-Arbarello 2012

See also Hay 1902, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Agoultichthys, Eosemionotus, Histionotus, Legnonotus, Macrosemiocotzus, Notagogus, Propterus

Subtaxa: Macrosemius andrewsi Macrosemius dumortieri Macrosemius fourneti Macrosemius pectoralis Macrosemius rostratus

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Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (3), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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