Ophiopsis altivelis Wagner 1863 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Halecomorphi - Ophiopsiidae

Full reference: J. Wagner. 1863. Monographie der fossilien Fische aus den Lithographischen Schiefern Bayerns. Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Munich 9:613-748

Belongs to Ophiopsis according to J. Wagner 1863

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Neukelheim Grünsandstein, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Grünsandstein Formation of Germany

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Neukelheim Grünsandstein

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