Lepidopus proargenteus Arambourg 1927 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae

Full reference: C. Arambourg. 1927. Les Poissons fossiles d'Oran. Materiaux Pour la Carte Geologique de l'Algerie, 1re Serie, Paleontologie 6:1-298

Belongs to Lepidopus according to Arambourg 1927

Sister taxa: Lepidopus albyi, Lepidopus anguis, Lepidopus caudatus, Lepidopus gouanianus, Lepidopus lateralis, Lepidopus lerichei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Raz-el-Ain, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in the Raz-el-Ain Formation of Algeria

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), Italy (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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