Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Alternative combination: Globulodus macrurus
Synonyms: Lekanichthys howsei Brough 1934, Uropteryx undulatus Agassiz 1843
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (1re livraison) 1-48
Belongs to Platysomus according to H. W. Holzapfel and E. Malzahn 1984
See also Agassiz 1833, Agassiz 1835, Diedrich 2009, Howse 1848, King 1850, Schultze et al. 2021, Traquair 1879, Westoll 1941, Woodward 1891 and Young 1866
Sister taxa: Platysomus bashkirus, Platysomus biarmicus, Platysomus brewsteri, Platysomus circularis, Platysomus forsteri, Platysomus gibbosus, Platysomus intermedius, Platysomus nathorsti, Platysomus palaeoniscus, Platysomus palmaris, Platysomus parvulus, Platysomus rotundus, Platysomus schultzei, Platysomus solikamskensis, Platysomus soloduchi, Platysomus striatus, Platysomus superbus, Platysomus swaffordae, Platysomus tenuistriatus, Schaefferichthys leudersensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (2 collections), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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