Ischyrocephalus gracilis von der Marck 1858 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae

Full reference: W. von der Marck. 1858. Ueber einige Wirbelthiere, Kruster und Cephalopoden der Westfälischen Kreide. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 10:231-271

Belongs to Ischyrocephalus according to W. von der Marck 1873

See also von der Marck 1858 and von der Marck 1863

Sister taxa: Cybium (Enchodus) bleekeri, Enchodus (Isodus), Enchodus amicrodus, Enchodus anceps, Enchodus brevis, Enchodus calliodon, Enchodus carinatus, Enchodus dirus, Enchodus dolichus, Enchodus elegans, Enchodus faujasi, Enchodus ferox, Enchodus gentryi, Enchodus gladiolus, Enchodus gracilis, Enchodus lamberti, Enchodus lemonnieri, Enchodus lewesiensis, Enchodus longidens, Enchodus longipectoralis, Enchodus major, Enchodus marchesettii, Enchodus mecoanalis, Enchodus oliveirai, Enchodus oxytomus, Enchodus parvus, Enchodus petrosus, Enchodus pressidens, Enchodus recurvus, Enchodus saevus, Enchodus semistriatus, Enchodus shumardi, Enchodus subaequilateralis, Enchodus tetraecus, Enchodus tineidae, Enchodus venator, Enchodus zipapanensis, Tetheodus pephredo, Ischyrocephalus macropterus, Ischyrocephalus cataphractus, Ischyrocephalus intermedius

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bauerschaft Bracht, near Sendenhorst, which is in a Campanian carbonate lime mudstone in the Ahlen Formation of Germany

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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