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Anaethalion angustus (MÜNSTER, 1832)
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Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Elopiformes Gosline 1960
Family: Elopidae Bleeker 1852
Genus: Anaethalion
Species: Anaethalion angustus
Author Citation MÜNSTER, 1832
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Tithonian
Stratigraphy
Weissjura Group
Solnhofen Formation
Biostratigraphy
Hybonoticeras hybonotum Zone
Subplanites rueppelianus Subzone
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Length: 4 cm
Location
Langenaltheim, Untere Haardt
District Eichstätt
Bavaria
Germany
Comments
A juvenile. Adults can get up to 20cm.
References:
Arratia, GF, "Anaethalion and similar teleosts (Actinopterygii, Pisces) from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of southern Germany and their relationships", Palaeontographica Abteilung A Palaeozoologie-Stratigraphie, vol. 200, issue 1-3, pp. 1–44
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