Osteichthyes - Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1832. Untersuchungen über die fossilen Fische der Lias-Formation. Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 3:139-149
Parent taxon: Ptycholepidae according to A. Tintori et al. 2016
See also Cartanyà 1999, Delsate et al. 2002, Gardiner 1960, Hay 1902, Schaeffer et al. 1975, Sepkoski 2002, Wenz 1967 and Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Acrorhabdus, Ardoreosomus, Boreosomus
Subtaxa: Ptycholepis avus Ptycholepis barboi Ptycholepis barrati Ptycholepis bollensis Ptycholepis curtus Ptycholepis gracilis Ptycholepis magnus Ptycholepis marshii Ptycholepis minor Ptycholepis monilifer Ptycholepis priscus Ptycholepis schaefferi Ptycholepis tenuisquamata Ptycholepis viai
Type: Ptycholepis bollensis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Thailand (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Belgium (1), France (3), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (4: Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia)
• Triassic of Italy (7), Spain (6), Switzerland (8), United States (3: Nevada, New Mexico, Virginia)
Total: 42 collections including 55 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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