Ophiopsis Agassiz 1834 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Halecomorphi - Ophiopsiidae

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

Parent taxon: Ophiopsiidae according to J. Cartanyà 1999

See also Bürgin 1995, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Ophiopsis aequalis Ophiopsis attenuata Ophiopsis bellottii Ophiopsis breviceps Ophiopsis dorsalis Ophiopsis flesheri Ophiopsis guigardi Ophiopsis muensteri Ophiopsis penicillatus Ophiopsis procerus Ophiopsis tenuiserrata

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Texas)

• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Wyoming)

• Triassic of Italy (1)

Total: 16 collections including 19 occurrences

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