Paratarrasius hibbardi Lund and Melton Jr. 1982 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tarrasiidae

Full reference: R. Lund and W. G. Melton Jr. 1982. A new actinopterygian fish from the Mississippian Bear Gulch limestone of Montana. Palaeontology 25(3):485-498

Belongs to Paratarrasius according to R. Lund and W. G. Melton 1982

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UM 5557, a skeleton. Its type locality is MV 7106, Supercrop Quarry, Bear Gulch, which is in an Arnsbergian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (8: Montana collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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