†Berycopsis Agassiz 1850 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Teleosteomorpha - Polymixiidae
Name ascribed to Agassiz in Dixon 1850.
Synonym: Platycormus von der Marck 1858
Parent taxon: Polymixiidae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov and Bacchia 2005, Dietze 2009, Dixon 1850, Patterson 1964, Patterson 1993, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1902
Sister taxa: Berycopsia, Dalmatichthys, Homonotichthys, Omosomopsis, Parapolymixia, Polymixia, Pycnosterinx
Subtaxa: Berycopsis elegans Berycopsis germanus Berycopsis paucoradius Berycopsis pulcher Platycormus gibbosus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (6 collections), Lebanon (2), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences
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