Alternative combination: Glaucolepis magna
Full reference: E. Nielsen. 1942. Studies on Triassic fishes from East Greenland. 1. Glaucolepis and Boreosomus. Palaeozoologica Groenlandica 1:1-403
Belongs to Pteronisculus according to B. G. Gardiner et al. 2005
See also Nielsen 1942
Sister taxa: Pteronisculus aldingeri, Pteronisculus arambourgi, Pteronisculus arcticus, Pteronisculus broughi, Pteronisculus changae, Pteronisculus cicatrosus, Pteronisculus gunnari, Pteronisculus gyrolepidoides, Pteronisculus laetus, Pteronisculus macropterus, Pteronisculus meiringi, Pteronisculus nevadanus, Pteronisculus nielseni, Pteronisculus stensioi
Type specimen: 1, a partial skull. Its type locality is Kap Stosch area, Fish-zone V, which is in a Griesbachian marine limestone in Greenland.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Kap Stosch area, Fish-zone V
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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