Pachycormus macropterus de Blainville 1818 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae

Alternative combination: Elops macropterus

Synonyms: Pachycormus acutirostris Agassiz 1843, Pachycormus curtus Agassiz 1839, Pachycormus elongatus Sauvage 1875, Pachycormus latus Agassiz 1843, Uraeus gracilis Agassiz 1832

Full reference: H. D. de Blainville. 1818. Poissons fossiles. Nouvelle Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle 27:310-395

Belongs to Pachycormus according to R. Weis et al. 2024

See also Agassiz 1832, Agassiz 1833, Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1842, Agassiz 1843, Cawley et al. 2019, de Blainville 1818, Delsate 1997, Rayner 1948, Sauvage 1875, Wenz 1967, Woodward 1895 and Wretman et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Pachycormus gracilis, Pachycormus macropomus, Pachycormus macrurus

Type specimens:

  • Pachycormus macropterus: Its type locality is Grandmont, Beaune, which is in a Toarcian marine marl in France
  • Pachycormus acutirostris:
  • Pachycormus curtus:
  • Pachycormus elongatus: Its type locality is Sainte-Colombe (Musée de Semur-en-Auxois coll), which is in a Falciferum marine marl in France.
  • Pachycormus latus:
  • Uraeus gracilis:

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (6 collections), Germany (5), Luxembourg (4), the United Kingdom (6)

Total: 21 collections including 31 occurrences

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