Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Sardinioididae
Alternative combinations: Dermatoptychus macrophthalmus, Osmeroides macrophthalmus
Full reference: W. von der Marck. 1868. Taxonomic names, in Neue Fische und Krebse aus der Kreide von Westfalen. Palaeontographica 15:269-305
Belongs to Sardinioides according to K. Dietze 2009
See also Hay 1903 and von der Marck 1868
Sister taxa: Sardinioides attenuatus, Sardinioides crassicaudus, Sardinioides illustrans, Sardinioides minimus, Sardinioides monasterii, Sardinioides pusillus, Leptosomus guestphalicus, Leptosomus macrourus, Leptosomus crassicostatus, Leptosomus elongatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bauerschaft Bracht, near Sendenhorst (Cretaceous of Germany)
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