Aspidorhynchus Agassiz 1833 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (1re livraison) 1-16

Parent taxon: Aspidorhynchidae according to R. Estes 1964

See also Gardiner 1960, Rayner 1948, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Belonostomus, Richmondichthys, Vinctifer

Subtaxa: Aspidorhynchus acutirostris Aspidorhynchus comptoni Aspidorhynchus crassus Aspidorhynchus euodus Aspidorhynchus fisheri Aspidorhynchus lepturus Aspidorhynchus mandibularis Aspidorhynchus montissancti Aspidorhynchus ornatissimus Aspidorhynchus sanzenbacheri Aspidorhynchus speciosus Aspidorhynchus walchneri

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Slovenia (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

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

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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