Simocormus Maxwell et al. 2020 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae

Full reference: E. Maxwell, P. Lambers, A. Lopez-Arbarello and G. Schweigert. 2020. Re-evaluation of pachycormid fishes from the Late Jurassic of Southwestern Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65(2718):429-453

Parent taxon: Hypsocorminae according to S. L. A. Cooper et al. 2022

See also Maxwell et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Hypsocormus, Kaykay, Orthocormus, Protosphyraena

Subtaxa: Hypsocormus macrodon Simocormus macrolepidotus

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Type: Simocormus macrolepidotus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nusplingen Plattenkalk, Liegende Bankkalk Fm. (Jurassic of Germany)

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