Lasalichthys Schaeffer 1967 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Redfieldiidae

Full reference: B. Schaeffer. 1967. Late Triassic fishes from the western United States. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135(6):285-342

Parent taxon: Redfieldiidae according to B. Schaeffer 1967

See also Irmis 2005, Murry 1986 and Murry 1989

Sister taxa: Brookvalia, Cionichthys, Dictyopyge, Helichthys, Mauritanichthys, Redfieldius, Synorichthys

Subtaxa: Lasalichthys hillsi Lasalichthys otischalkensis Lasalichthys stewarti

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Type: Lasalichthys hillsi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (15: Arizona, Colorado, New Jersey, New Mexico, Texas, Utah collections)

Total: 15 collections including 18 occurrences

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