Eupleurodus sulcatus Gürich 1884 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae

Full reference: G. Gürich. 1884. Ueber einige Saurier des obershlesischen Muschelkalkes [On some saurians from the Upper Silesian Muschelkalk]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 36:125-144

Belongs to Eupleurodus according to G. Gürich 1884

Sister taxa: Colobodus baii, Colobodus bassani, Colobodus bassanii, Colobodus bronni, Colobodus chorzowiensis, Colobodus damesi, Colobodus frequens, Colobodus giganteus, Colobodus gogolinensis, Colobodus hogardi, Colobodus koenigi, Colobodus latus, Colobodus maximus, Colobodus milium, Colobodus triasicus, Colobodus varius, Colobodus wushaensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Michalkowice quarry, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in Poland

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Michalkowice quarry

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