Hemirhabdorhynchus depressus Casier 1946 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Istiophoriformes - Istiophoridae

Full reference: E. Casier. 1946. La faune ichthyologique de l'Ypresien de la Belgique. Memoires Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 104:1-267

Belongs to Hemirhabdorhynchus according to E. Casier 1946

Sister taxa: Hemirhabdorhynchus elliotti, Hemirhabdorhynchus ypresiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Forest (Argile des Flandres), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in Belgium

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Forest (Argile des Flandres)

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