Osteichthyes - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Full reference: M. Roxo and A. Löfgren. 1936. Lepidotus piauhyensis sp. nov. Notas Preliminares e Estudos. Divisao de Geologia e Mineralogia (1)7
Belongs to Lepidotus according to M. Roxo and A. Löfgren 1936
See also Schaeffer 1947
Sister taxa: Lepidotes congolensis, Lepidotes dashanpuensis, Lepidotes elvensis, Lepidotes gigas, Lepidotes gloriae, Lepidotes lennieri, Lepidotes macropterus, Lepidotes microrhis, Lepidotes pankowskii, Lepidotes semiserratus, Lepidotes tanyrhis, Lepidotes toombsi, Lepidotes walcotti, Lepidotes wenzae, Lepidotus affinis, Lepidotus armatus, Lepidotus decoratus, Lepidotus fimbriatus, Lepidotus fittoni, Lepidotus frondosus, Lepidotus gallineki, Lepidotus intermedius, Lepidotus latifrons, Lepidotus leedsi, Lepidotus lusitanicus, Lepidotus macrocheirus, Lepidotus maximiliani, Lepidotus maximus, Lepidotus minor, Lepidotus oblongus, Lepidotus occidentalis, Lepidotus palliatus, Lepidotus parvulus, Lepidotus pustulatus, Lepidotus radiatus, Lepidotus rugosus, Lepidotus souzai, Lepidotus speciosus, Lepidotus striatus, Lepidotus subdenticulatus, Lepidotus subovatus, Lepidotus subundatus, Lepidotus tuberculatus, Lepidotus undatus, Lepidotus unguiculatus, Lepidotus virleti
Type specimen: n. 3447, a partial skeleton (Skull and external squamation, with dorsal, caudal and anal fin rays). Its type locality is Lepidotus piauhyensis type locality, which is in a Cretaceous marine schist in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lepidotus piauhyensis type locality
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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