Colobodus giganteus Beltan 1972 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae

Alternative combination: Perleidus giganteus

Full reference: L. L. Beltan. 1972. La faune Ichthyologique du Muschelkalk de la Catalogne. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes XLI:281-325

Belongs to Colobodus according to C. Lombardo 2001

See also Beltan 1972

Sister taxa: Colobodus baii, Colobodus bassani, Colobodus bassanii, Colobodus bronni, Colobodus chorzowiensis, Colobodus damesi, Colobodus frequens, Colobodus gogolinensis, Colobodus hogardi, Colobodus koenigi, Colobodus latus, Colobodus maximus, Colobodus milium, Colobodus triasicus, Colobodus varius, Colobodus wushaensis

Type specimen: M104a-b, a skeleton. Its type locality is Montral and Alcover Quarries (MA), which is in a Ladinian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Muschelkalk Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Spain (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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