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)
Belongs to Germanostomus according to S. L. A. Cooper et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMNS 15815, a skeleton. Its type locality is Holzmaden, epsilon II-6 (SMNS collection), which is in a Falciferum offshore shale in the Posidonienschiefer Formation of Germany.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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