Ophiopsis montsechensis Wenz 1968 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Halecomorphi - Ophiopsiidae

Full reference: S. Wenz. 1968. Note preliminaire sur la faune ichthyologique du Jurassique superieur du Montsech (Espagne). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France S7-X(1):116-119

Belongs to Ophiopsis according to S. Wenz 1968

Sister taxa: Ophiopsis aequalis, Ophiopsis altivelis, Ophiopsis attenuata, Ophiopsis bellottii, Ophiopsis breviceps, Ophiopsis dorsalis, Ophiopsis intermedia, Ophiopsis muensteri, Ophiopsis penicillata, Ophiopsis procera, Ophiopsis serrata

Type specimen: Its type locality is La Pedrera de Meià, El Montsec, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at La Pedrera de Meià, El Montsec

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