Osteichthyes - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Synonym: Lepidotus giganteus Quenstadt 1852
Full reference: J. Wagner. 1863. Monographie der fossilien Fische aus den Lithographischen Schiefern Bayerns. Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Munich 9:613-748
Belongs to Lepidotus according to J. Wagner 1863
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 minor, Lepidotus oblongus, Lepidotus occidentalis, Lepidotus palliatus, Lepidotus parvulus, Lepidotus piauhyensis, 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 specimens:
- Lepidotus maximus: Its type locality is Solnhofen (Häberlein collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany
- Lepidotus giganteus:
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections), Italy (1), Poland (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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