Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Full reference: R. Broom. 1913. The fossil fishes of the Upper Karroo Beds of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 7:251-269
Belongs to Pholidophorus according to R. Broom 1913
Sister taxa: Pholidophorus angustus, Pholidophorus australis, Pholidophorus barazzettii, Pholidophorus brevis, Pholidophorus curionii, Pholidophorus dubius, Pholidophorus furcatus, Pholidophorus gaudryi, Pholidophorus germanicus, Pholidophorus gracilis, Pholidophorus granulatus, Pholidophorus gregarius, Pholidophorus hartmanni, Pholidophorus higginsi, Pholidophorus intermedius, Pholidophorus latimanus, Pholidophorus latiusculus, Pholidophorus latus, Pholidophorus longiserratus, Pholidophorus macrocephalus, Pholidophorus maximus, Pholidophorus microlepidotus, Pholidophorus micronyx, Pholidophorus microps, Pholidophorus minor, Pholidophorus nitidus, Pholidophorus onychius, Pholidophorus ornatus, Pholidophorus pachysomus, Pholidophorus purbeckensis, Pholidophorus pusillus, Pholidophorus radians, Pholidophorus radiatopunctatus, Pholidophorus spaethi, Pholidophorus stricklandi, Pholidophorus striolaris, Pholidophorus taxis, Pholidophorus uraeoides
Type specimen: Its type locality is along Caledon River [PROXY], which is in a Triassic terrestrial sandstone in South Africa
Ecology: suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at along Caledon River [PROXY]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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