Propterus elongatus Wagner 1863 (ray-finned fish)

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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