Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Sardinioididae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1902. The fossil fishes of the English Chalk, Part I. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 56:1-56
Belongs to Sardinioides according to K. Dietze 2009
See also Woodward 1902
Sister taxa: Sardinioides attenuatus, Sardinioides crassicaudus, Sardinioides macrophthalmus, Sardinioides minimus, Sardinioides monasterii, Sardinioides pusillus, Leptosomus elongatus, Leptosomus macrourus, Leptosomus guestphalicus, Leptosomus crassicostatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Probably from the Burham district, which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the Zig Zag Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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