Thrissopteroides von der Marck 1873 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Elopidae

Full reference: W. von der Marck. 1873. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der fossilen Fische und anderer Thierreste aus der jüngsten Kreide Westfalens, sowie Aufzählung sämmtlicher seither in der westfälischen Kreide aufgefundenen Fischreste. Palaeontographica 22:55-74

Parent taxon: Elopidae according to A. S. Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Anaethalion, Ctenodentelops, Ectasis, Elops, Elopsomolos, Esocelops, Hemielopopsis, Ichthyemidion, Lastroichthys, Notelops, Palelops, Paraelops, Paratarpon, Parelops, Protelops, Rhacolepis

Subtaxa: Thrissopteroides elongatus Thrissopteroides intermedius Thrissopteroides latus Thrissopteroides pulcher Thrissopteroides tenuiceps

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), Lebanon (1)

Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences

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