Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Belongs to Elonichthys according to O. P. Hay 1902
See also Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Elonichthys addamsi, Elonichthys armatus, Elonichthys binneyi, Elonichthys brownii, Elonichthys caudalis, Elonichthys contortus, Elonichthys davidi, Elonichthys denticulatus, Elonichthys disjunctus, Elonichthys egertoni, Elonichthys elegans, Elonichthys ellsi, Elonichthys fritschi, Elonichthys gondwanus, Elonichthys hypsilepis, Elonichthys insolitus, Elonichthys krejcii, Elonichthys macropercularis, Elonichthys multistriatus, Elonichthys natalis, Elonichthys oblongus, Elonichthys ortholepis, Elonichthys peltigerus, Elonichthys perpennatus, Elonichthys portlocki, Elonichthys pulcherrimus, Elonichthys punctatus, Elonichthys remotus, Elonichthys robisoni, Elonichthys semilineatus, Elonichthys semistriatus, Elonichthys serratus, Elonichthys striatulus, Elonichthys sweeti, Elonichthys whaitsi, Elonichthys wolffi
Type specimen: GH-GIE1849.2, a partial skeleton (Skeleton missing most of skull). Its type locality is Wettin, which is in a Stephanian C terrestrial shale in the Siebigerode Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Germany (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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