Raphiosaurus Owen 1842 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae

Full reference: R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204

Parent taxon: Pachyrhizodontidae according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also d'Orbigny 1849, Fowler 1911, Meyer 1845, Owen 1842, Owen 1851 and Owen 1861

Sister taxa: Cavinichthys, Conosaurus, Elopopsis, Goulmimichthys, Lebrunichthys, Oricardinus, Pachyrhizodus, Polcynichthys, Stanhopeichthys

Subtaxa: Raphiosaurus lucius

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Raphiosaurus in the database

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