Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Full reference: H.-E. Sauvage. 1898. Vertébrés Fossiles du Portugal. Contributions à l’Étude des Poissons et des Reptiles du Jurassique et du Crétacique [Fossil Vertebrates of Portugal. Contributions to the Study of the Fishes and Reptiles of the Jurassic and Cretaceous] 1-46
Belongs to Clastes according to H.-E. Sauvage 1898
Sister taxa: Lepisosteus aganus, Lepisosteus cuneatus, Lepisosteus cycliferus, Lepisosteus glaber, Lepisosteus integer, Lepisosteus knieskerni, Lepisosteus nahunticus, Lepisosteus occidentalis, Lepisosteus osseus, Lepisosteus whitneyi, Clastes lusitanicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Viso railway trench, which is in a Maastrichtian estuary/bay claystone in the Argilas de Aveiro Formation of Portugal
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Viso railway trench
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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