Apateodus lanceolatus Woodward 1901 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Ichthyotringidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636

Belongs to Apateodus according to A. S. Woodward 1901

See also Woodward 1902

Sister taxa: Apateodus busseni, Apateodus glyphodus, Apateodus striatus

Type specimen: BMNH 39080, a maxilla. Its type locality is Dover (Holaster subglobosus zone, Bowerbank collection), which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dover (Holaster subglobosus zone, Bowerbank collection)

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