Lepidotes microrhis Wenz 2003 (gar)

Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes

Full reference: S. Wenz. 2003. Les Lepidotes (Actinopterygii, Semionotiformes) de Cretace inferieur (Barremien) de Las Hoyas (Province de Cuenca, Espagne). Geodiversitas 25(3):481-499

Belongs to Lepidotes according to S. Wenz 2003

Sister taxa: Lepidotes dashanpuensis, Lepidotes elvensis, Lepidotes gigas, Lepidotes gloriae, Lepidotes lennieri, Lepidotes macropterus, Lepidotes pankowskii, Lepidotes semiserratus, Lepidotes tanyrhis, Lepidotes toombsi, 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: MCCM LH-8010a,b. Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (MCCM collection)

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