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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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