Biology:Echidnocephalus
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
| Echidnocephalus | |
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| Fossil of Echidnocephalus troscheli | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Notacanthiformes |
| Family: | Halosauridae |
| Genus: | †Echidnocephalus von der Marck 1858 |
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| Echidnocephalus troscheli | |
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Echidnocephalus troscheli is an extinct, prehistoric halosaur. Fossils are found from Campanian strata of Westphalia, Germany .[1] The complete and incomplete fossil specimens that have been found suggest an animal already looking very much like modern halosaurs.
See also
- Laytonia, a Miocene genus of fossil halosaur
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ Behrensmeyer, A.K.; Turner, A. (2013). "†Echidnocephalus". PalaeoDB. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?taxon_no=34422&action=checkTaxonInfo.
Wikidata ☰ Q18609718 entry
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