Osteichthyes - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Synonyms: Microps Agassiz 1833, Pholidophorus Zigno 1856 [objective synonym]
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1832. Untersuchungen über die fossilen Fische der Lias-Formation. Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 3:139-149
Parent taxon: Pholidophoridae according to G. Arratia 2017
See also Agassiz 1843, Andrews 1970, Arratia 2013, Friedman et al. 2010, Gardiner 1960, Hay 1902, Lauder and Liem 1983, Nybelin 1966, Patterson 1975, Patterson and Rosen 1977, Rayner 1948, Sepkoski 2002, Wagner 1863, Wenz 1967, Woodward 1890, Woodward 1895, Woodward 1919, Woodward 1918, Zambelli 1980 and Zambelli 1986
Sister taxa: Annaichthys, Archaeomaene, Ceneichthys, Ceramurus, Eopholidophorus, Knerichthys, Lombardichthys, Madariscus, Malingichthys, Neopholidophoropsis, Oreochima, Parapholidophorus, Pholidoctenus, Pholidolepis, Pholidophoretes, Pholidophorinae, Pholidophoroides, Pholidophoropsis, Pseudopholidoctenus, Wadeichthys, Zambellichthys
Subtaxa: Pholidophorus angustus Pholidophorus australis Pholidophorus barazzettii Pholidophorus beggiatianus Pholidophorus brevis Pholidophorus brevivelis Pholidophorus browni Pholidophorus dorsetensis Pholidophorus dubius Pholidophorus elongatus Pholidophorus falcifer Pholidophorus furcatus Pholidophorus gaudryi Pholidophorus germanicus Pholidophorus granulatus Pholidophorus gregarius Pholidophorus hartmanni Pholidophorus higginsi Pholidophorus intermedius Pholidophorus latimanus Pholidophorus latiusculus Pholidophorus latus Pholidophorus longiserratus Pholidophorus macrocephalus Pholidophorus maximus Pholidophorus microlepidotus Pholidophorus micronyx Pholidophorus microps Pholidophorus minor Pholidophorus nitidus Pholidophorus onychius Pholidophorus ornatus Pholidophorus ovatus Pholidophorus pachysomus Pholidophorus purbeckensis Pholidophorus pusillus Pholidophorus radians Pholidophorus radiatopunctatus Pholidophorus spaethi Pholidophorus stricklandi Pholidophorus striolaris Pholidophorus taxis Pholidophorus uraeoides
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Germany (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Chile (1), France (6), Germany (10), Italy (4), the United Kingdom (13)
• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Australia (2), Austria (10), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (6), South Africa (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 67 collections including 94 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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