Echidnocephalus

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Echidnocephalus
Temporal range: Campanian [1]
Echidnocephalus troscheli Sendenhorst Teylers.JPG
Fossil of Echidnocephalus troscheli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Notacanthiformes
Family: Halosauridae
Genus: Echidnocephalus
von der Marck 1858
Type species
Echidnocephalus troscheli
Species [2]
  • E. americanusCockerell 1919
  • E. pacificusCockerell 1919
  • E. troschelivon der Marck 1858

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. Behrensmeyer, A.K.; Turner, A. (2013). "†Echidnocephalus". PalaeoDB. Retrieved 17 December 2021.