Osteichthyes - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Full reference: L. Taverne and P. H. Ross. 1973. Fischreste aus dem Töck (Unter-Aptien) von Helgoland. Meyniana 23:99-111
Belongs to Belonostomus according to L. Taverne 1981
See also Taverne and Ross 1973
Sister taxa: Belonostomus aciculiferus, Belonostomus attenuatus, Belonostomus brachysomus, Belonostomus carinatus, Belonostomus cinctus, Belonostomus dalmaticus, Belonostomus kochii, Belonostomus lamarquensis, Belonostomus lesinaensis, Belonostomus longirostris, Belonostomus matteuzi, Belonostomus muensteri, Belonostomus novaki, Belonostomus sphyraenoides, Belonostomus subulatus, Belonostomus tenuirostris, Belonostomus ventralis
Type specimen: Its type locality is North coast of Helgoland-Düne (Kiel collection), which is in an Aptian marine shale in Germany
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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