Osteichthyes - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Full reference: S. Bogan, L. Taverne, and F. L. Agnolín. 2011. Description of a new aspidorhynchid fish, Belonostomus lamarquensis sp. nov. (Halecostomi, Aspidorhynchiformes), from the continental Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belqique, Sciences de la Terre 81:235-245
Belongs to Belonostomus according to S. Bogan et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Belonostomus aciculiferus, Belonostomus attenuatus, Belonostomus brachysomus, Belonostomus carinatus, Belonostomus cinctus, Belonostomus dalmaticus, Belonostomus helgolandicus, Belonostomus kochii, Belonostomus lesinaensis, Belonostomus longirostris, Belonostomus matteuzi, Belonostomus muensteri, Belonostomus novaki, Belonostomus sphyraenoides, Belonostomus subulatus, Belonostomus tenuirostris, Belonostomus ventralis
Type specimen: MML 454, a partial skull (Incomplete neurocranium). Its type locality is Cerro Tortuga, Bajo Trapalcó, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/siltstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cerro Tortuga, Bajo Trapalcó
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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