Osteichthyes - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Alternative combination: Diphyodus longirostris
Full reference: L. M. Lambe. 1902. New genera and species from the Belly River Series (mid-Cretaceous). Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3(2):25-81
Belongs to Belonostomus according to J. W. Hoganson et al. 2019
See also Arratia 2015, Estes 1964, Lambe 1902 and Wilson and Chalifa 1989
Sister taxa: Belonostomus aciculiferus, Belonostomus attenuatus, Belonostomus brachysomus, Belonostomus carinatus, Belonostomus cinctus, Belonostomus dalmaticus, Belonostomus helgolandicus, Belonostomus kochii, Belonostomus lamarquensis, Belonostomus lesinaensis, Belonostomus matteuzi, Belonostomus muensteri, Belonostomus novaki, Belonostomus sphyraenoides, Belonostomus subulatus, Belonostomus tenuirostris, Belonostomus ventralis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (41: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), United States (27: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 70 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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