Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Full reference: R. H. Traquair. 1877. The Ganoid Fishes of the British Carboniferous Formations. Part 1. Palæoniscidæ. Pages 1–60; Plates I–VII. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society 31(140)
Belongs to Elonichthys according to Traquair 1877
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 germari, 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 serratus, Elonichthys striatulus, Elonichthys sweeti, Elonichthys whaitsi, Elonichthys wolffi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Knowles Ironstone, Fenton, which is in a Moscovian mire/swamp ironstone in the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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