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  • Allothrissops salmoneus de Blainville, 1818

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    Taxonomy

    Bulldog Fish

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
    Order: Ichthyodectiformes Bardack and Sprinkle 1969
    Family: Allothrissopidae Patterson & Rosen, 1977
    Genus: Allothrissops
    Species: Allothrissops salmoneus
    Author Citation de Blainville, 1818

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Jurassic
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Kimmeridgian

    Stratigraphy

    Weissjura Group
    Painten Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    Hybonoticeras beckeri Zone
    Lithacoceras ulmense Subzone

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 25 cm

    Location

    Rygol Quarry
    Painten
    Bavaria
    Germany

    Comments

     

    Taxonomy from Fossilworks.org.
    There are two Allothissops species: A. salmoneus from the Solnhofen lithographic limestones in Bavaria and A. mesogaster from the slightly older deposits in Nusplingen, Baden-Württemberg. The small dorsal fin is located behind the anal fin.

     

    References:

    Blainville, H. de (1818) Sur les ichthyolites ou les poissons fossiles. Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle, appliquée aux ´ arts, à l’économie rurale et domestique, à la Medicine ` , 27, 310–395.

    Nybelin, O. (1964) Versuch einer taxonomischen Revision des Jurassischen Fischgattung Thrissops AGASSIZ. Goteborgs ¨ Kungl. Vetenskaps och Vitterhets-Samhalles Handlingar ¨ , 4, 1–44.

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    -Andy-

    Ooh he almost looks good enough to eat!

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    Troodon

    Beautiful fish and outstanding preservation :dinothumb:

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    oilshale
    6 hours ago, -Andy- said:

    Ooh he almost looks good enough to eat!

    Might be not good for your teeth!

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