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
Type: Apsopelix sauriformis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (1 collection), United States (2: Kansas)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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