Aipichthys nuchalis Dixon 1850

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Aipichthyidae

Alternative combination: Microdon nuchalis

Full reference: F. Dixon. 1850. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex xvi-422

Belongs to Aipichthys according to C. Patterson 1964

See also Dixon 1850 and Woodward 1902

Sister taxa: Aipichthys minor, Aipichthys oblongus, Aipichthys pretiosus, Aipichthys velifer

Type specimen: BMNH 25770, a skeleton. Its type locality is Washington (Goring pit), which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom.

Distribution: found only at Washington (Goring pit)

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