Tchekardichthys Prokofiev 2005 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Amblypteridae

Full reference: A. M. Prokofiev. 2005. A New Genus of the Family Amblypteridae (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii) from the Lower Permian of Eastern Europe. Paleontological Research 9(1):79-84

Parent taxon: Amblypteridae according to A. M. Prokofiev 2005

Sister taxa: Lawnia, Tholonosteon

Subtaxa: Tchekardichthys sharovi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Krasnaya Gora, Chekarda (PIN collection 1698) (Permian of Russian Federation)

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