Osteichthyes - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Full reference: S. L. A. Cooper, S. Giles, H. Young and E. E. Maxwell. 2022. A new large †pachycormiform (Teleosteomorpha: †Pachycormiformes) from the Lower Jurassic of Germany, with affinities to the suspension-feeding clade, and comments on the gastrointestinal anatomy of pachycormid fishes. Diversity 14(1026)
Parent taxon: Asthenocorminae according to S. L. A. Cooper et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Asthenocormus, Bonnerichthys, Leedsichthys, Martillichthys, Ohmdenia, Pachycormus, Rhinconichthys, Saurostomus
Subtaxa: Germanostomus pectopteri
Type: Germanostomus pectopteri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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