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  • Anaethalion angustus (Muenster, 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 (Muenster, 1832)

    Geological Time Scale

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

    Stratigraphy

    Weissjura Group
    Altmühltal Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    Hybonoticeras hybonotum Zone
    Subplanites rueppelianus Subzone

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 18 cm

    Location

    Wintershof
    Stadt Eichstätt
    Bavaria
    Germany

    Comments

    Anaethalion has a strikingly spindle-shaped body and a large caudal fin that is deeply split with equally large lobes. The large dorsal fin is behind the middle of the body, the fish has a large anal fin. The pelvic fin is located slightly behind the middle of the body. It is a fast, small predator, which reaches body sizes up to about 20 cm.

     

    References:

    Francisco José Poyato-Ariza (1999) The elopiform fish Anaethalion angustus restored, with comments on individual variation. 

    • Mesozoic Fishes 2 - Systematics and Fossil Record. Publisher: Verlag Dr. F.Pfeil. Editors: Gloria Arratia, Hans-Peter Schultze



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