Sardinioides illustrans Woodward 1902 (ray-finned fish)

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 guestphalicus, Leptosomus macrourus, 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: found only at Probably from the Burham district

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