Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Elopidae

Synonyms: Aethalion angustissimus Münster 1839, Aethalion inflatus Münster 1842

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

Belongs to Aethalion according to J. Wagner 1863

Sister taxa: Anaethalion knorri, Anaethalion valdensis, Anaethalion zapporum, Aethalion gigas, Aethalion crassus, Aethalion vidali, Aethalion tenuis, Aethalion macrorhynchus

Type specimens:

• Aethalion blainvellei: Its type locality is Neukelheim Grünsandstein, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Grünsandstein Formation of Germany
• Aethalion angustissimus:
• Aethalion inflatus:

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Neukelheim Grünsandstein

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.