†Osteorachis macrocephalus Egerton 1868 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Ionoscopiformes - Furidae
Synonym: Heterolepidotus grandis Davis 1885
Full reference: P. G. Egerton. 1868. On the characters of some new fossil fish from the Lias of Lyme Regis. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 24:499-505
Belongs to Osteorachis according to B. G. Gardiner 1960
See also Davis 1885, Egerton 1868, Woodward 1895 and Woodward 1897
Sister taxa: Osteorachis granulatum, Osteorachis leedsi
Type specimens:
- Osteorachis macrocephalus: BMNH P3654, P3655, P3649, P3648a. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Enniskillen collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.
- Heterolepidotus grandis: Its type locality is Lyme Regis (Davis collection), which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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