Osteorachis macrocephalus Egerton 1868 (ray-finned fish)

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

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