Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Alternative combination: Megalurus elongatus

Synonyms: Urocles altivelis Wagner 1863, Urocles elegantissimus Wagner 1863, Urocles polyspondylus Wagner 1851

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1839. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (10me, 12me livraison)

Belongs to Solnhofenamia according to L. Grande and W. E. Bemis 1998

See also Agassiz 1839 and Agassiz 1843

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Solnhofenamia elongata: BSP AS VII 324, a skeleton
• Urocles altivelis:
• Urocles elegantissimus:
• Urocles polyspondylus:

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: found only at Nusplingen Plattenkalk, Liegende Bankkalk Fm. (Jurassic of Germany)

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