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  • Saurorhynchus sp.

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    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
    Order: Saurichthyiformes Aldinger 1937
    Family: Saurichthyidae Stensiö 1925
    Genus: Saurorhynchus
    Species: Saurorhynchus sp.

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Jurassic
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Early
    International Age: Pliensbachian

    Stratigraphy

    Amaltheenton Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    Pleuroceras spinatum Zone

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 12 cm

    Location

    Clay pit Unterstürmig
    Markt Eggolsheim
    Bavaria
    Germany

    Comments

    Probably Saurorhynchus brevirostris (Woodward, 1895)

    References:

    A. S. Woodward  (1895) Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part III 1-544.

    Maxwell, Erin & Stumpf, Sebastian. (2017) Revision of Saurorhynchus (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae) from the Early Jurassic of England and Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy. 2017. 10.5852/ejt.2017.321.

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    Ruger9a

    Beautiful Saurorhynchus!!!  Thanks for sharing.

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