Sphyraenodus silovianus Cope 1875 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scombriformes

Alternative combination: Dictyodus silovianus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. Synopsis of the Vertebrata of the Miocene of Cumberland County, New Jersey. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 14:361-364

Belongs to Sphyraenodus according to W. F. Rapp 1946

See also Cope 1875 and Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Dictyodus, Sphyraenodus bruxelliensis, Sphyraenodus crassidens, Sphyraenodus hastatus, Sphyraenodus lerichei, Sphyraenodus priscus, Sphyraenodus rupeliensis, Sphyraenodus speciosus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shiloh Marl, which is in a Burdigalian marginal marine marl in the Kirkwood Formation of New Jersey

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Shiloh Marl

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