†Chondrosteus acipenseroides Egerton 1858 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Chondrosteidae
Synonym: Chondrosteus crassior Egerton 1858
Full reference: P. M. G. Egerton. 1858. On Chondrosteus, an extinct genus of the Sturionidae, found in the Lias formation at Lyme Regis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 148:871-885
Belongs to Chondrosteus according to A. S. Woodward 1895
See also Egerton 1858, Grande and Hilton 2006 and Traquair 1887
Sister taxon: Chondrosteus pachyurus
Type specimens:
- Chondrosteus acipenseroides: BMNH P3361, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Enniskillen collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.
- Chondrosteus crassior: BMNH P616. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Egerton collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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