Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Alternative combinations: Saurichthys acuminatus, Severnichthys acuminatus
Synonyms: Saurichthys listroconus Plieninger 1844, Saurichthys longiconus Plieninger 1844
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II, IIe Partie (17me livraison) 73-336
Belongs to Birgeria according to B. de Lange et al. 2023
See also Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Amthor 1908, Bürgin and Furrer 1992, Chhabra and Mishra 2002, Diependaal and Reumer 2021, Duffin and Gazdzicki 1977, Henry 1876, Savage and Large 1966, Storrs 1994 and Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Birgeria aldingeri, Birgeria americana, Birgeria costata, Birgeria groenlandica, Birgeria gronlandica, Birgeria guizhouensis, Birgeria liui, Birgeria mougeoti, Birgeria nielseni, Birgeria stensioei, Birgeria velox, Severnichthys
Type specimens:
- Birgeria acuminata: BRSUG 7976. Its type locality is Rhaetic Bone Bed, Aust Cliff, which is in a Rhaetian coastal conglomerate in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Saurichthys listroconus:
- Saurichthys longiconus:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Triassic of Belgium (5), France (2), Germany (6), India (1), the Netherlands (2), Poland (1), Slovakia (1), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (14)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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