Aetheodontus besanensis Brough 1939 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Perleididae

Full reference: J. Brough. 1939. The Triassic fishes of Besano, Lombardy 1-117

Belongs to Aetheodontus according to T. Bürgin 1992

See also Brough 1939

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH P.19329, a skeleton. Its type locality is Besano, Bender collection, Monte San Giorgio, which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Italy.

Ecology: grazer-detritivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Italy (1 collection), Switzerland (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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