†Propterus elongatus Wagner 1863 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Macrosemiiformes - Macrosemiidae
Full reference: J. Wagner. 1863. Monographie der fossilien Fische aus den Lithographischen Schiefern Bayerns. Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Munich 9:613-748
Belongs to Propterus according to A. W. H. Bartram 1977
See also Wagner 1863
Sister taxa: Propterus microstomus, Propterus scacchii, Propterus serratus, Propterus speciosus, Propterus vidali
Type specimen: Its type locality is Eichstätt (MNHB collection), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Eichstätt (MNHB collection)
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