Apsopelix Cope 1871 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Crossognathiformes - Crossognathidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1871. On the fossil reptiles and fishes of the Cretaceous rocks of Kansas. Preliminary Report of the United States Geological Survey of Wyoming, and Portions of Contiguous Territories, (Being a Second Annual Report of Progress,) Conducted Under the Authority of the Secretary of the Interior 385–424

Parent taxon: Crossognathidae according to S. Miyata et al. 2022

See also Hay 1902 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Crossognathus

Subtaxa: Apsopelix miyazakii Apsopelix sauriformis

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Type: Apsopelix sauriformis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (1 collection), United States (2: Kansas)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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