Osteichthyes - Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Alternative combinations: Acidorhynchus acutus, Belonorhynchus acutus, Belonostomus acutus
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II, IIe Partie (17me livraison) 73-336
Belongs to Saurorhynchus according to E. E. Maxwell and S. Stumpf 2017
See also Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Gardiner 1960, Kogan 2016, Maxwell and Martindale 2017, Neuman and Wilson 1985 and Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Saurorhynchus anningae, Saurorhynchus brevirostris, Saurorhynchus hauffi
Type specimen: BMNH P4268, P961a. Its type locality is Whitby (Enniskillen coll), which is in a Toarcian marine siliciclastic in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (2: Alberta collections), Germany (2), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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