Muensterichthys buergeri Schaumberg 1989 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes

Full reference: G. Schaumberg. 1989. Muensterichthys buergeri n. g. n. sp., ein neuer Palaeoniscoide (Actinopterygii, Pisces) aus dem permischen Kupferschiefer von Richelsdorf (Hessen, West-Deutschland). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 63:119-131

Belongs to Muensterichthys according to G. Schaumberg 1989

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bodental near Iba, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the Kupferschiefer Formation of Germany

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bodental near Iba

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