Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Full reference: S. L. Jain and P. L. Robinson. 1963. Some new specimens of the fossil fish Lepidotes from the English Upper Jurassic. Journal of Zoology 141:119-135
Belongs to Lepidotes according to S. L. Jain and P. L. Robinson 1963
Sister taxa: Lepidotes dashanpuensis, Lepidotes elvensis, Lepidotes gigas, Lepidotes gloriae, Lepidotes lennieri, Lepidotes macropterus, Lepidotes microrhis, Lepidotes pankowskii, Lepidotes semiserratus, Lepidotes tanyrhis, Lepidotes walcotti, Lepidotes wenzae, Lepidotus affinis, Lepidotus fimbriatus, Lepidotus fittoni, Lepidotus frondosus, Lepidotus gallineki, Lepidotus latifrons, Lepidotus leedsi, Lepidotus lusitanicus, Lepidotus macrocheirus, Lepidotus maximiliani, Lepidotus minor, Lepidotus oblongus, Lepidotus occidentalis, Lepidotus palliatus, Lepidotus parvulus, Lepidotus piauhyensis, Lepidotus pustulatus, Lepidotus radiatus, Lepidotus rugosus, Lepidotus souzai, Lepidotus speciosus, Lepidotus striatus, Lepidotus subdenticulatus, Lepidotus subovatus, Lepidotus subundatus, Lepidotus tuberculatus, Lepidotus undatus, Lepidotus unguiculatus, Lepidotus virleti
Type specimen: BMNH P.25180, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Manea, near Ely, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine horizon in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Manea, near Ely
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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