Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: G. G. z. Münster. 1846. Ueber die im Korallenkalk des Lindner Berges bei Hannover vorkommenden Ueberreste von Fischen, mit Beschreibung und Abbildung einiger neuen Arten [On the remains of fishes occurring in the Coral Chalk of Lindner Mountain in Hannover, with description and images of some new forms]. In G. G. z. Münster & H. Wissman, Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde. Commission der Buchner'schen Buchhandlung, Bayreuth, Germany 7:36-50
Belongs to Sphaerodus according to G. G. z. Münster 1846
Sister taxa: Sphaerodus annularis, Sphaerodus cinctus, Sphaerodus conicus, Sphaerodus crassus, Sphaerodus depressus, Sphaerodus discus, Sphaerodus gigas, Sphaerodus insignis, Sphaerodus irregularis, Sphaerodus lens, Sphaerodus minimus, Sphaerodus mitrula, Sphaerodus oculusserpentis, Sphaerodus parvus, Sphaerodus subannularis, Sphaerodus submamillaris, Sphaerodus subradiatus, Sphaerodus tetragonus, Sphaerodus truncatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lindner Berges, which is in an Oxfordian marine horizon in the Korallenkalk Formation of Germany
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lindner Berges
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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