Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Full reference: W. von der Marck. 1858. Ueber einige Wirbelthiere, Kruster und Cephalopoden der Westfälischen Kreide. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 10:231-271
Parent taxon: Dercetidae according to J. Alvarado-Ortega and J. A. Díaz-Cruz 2021
See also Goody 1969, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Anguillavus hackberryensis, Apuliadercetis, Benthesikyme, Brazilodercetis, Candelarhynchus, Caudadercetis, Cyranichthys, Dercetis, Dercetis latiscutatus, Dercetis maximus, Dercetis reussi, Dercetoides, Hastichthys, Kwangodercetis, Leccedercetis, Nardodercetis, Ophidercetis, Paradercetis, Rhynchodercetis, Scandiadercetis, Stratodus
Subtaxa: Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis Pelargorhynchus grandis
Type: Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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