Oligopleurus esocinus Thiolliere 1850 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Pholidophoriformes - Oligopleuridae

Belongs to Oligopleurus according to B. G. Gardiner 1967

See also Wagner 1863

Sister taxon: Oligopleurus cyprinoides

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bugey, Cerin, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in France

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bugey, Cerin

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