Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1985. Redkie kostnye ryby, nazemiye yashcheritsy i mlekopitayushchie zony limanov i primorskikh nizmennostey mela Kyzylkumov [Rare bony fishes, terrestrial lizards, and mammals in the estuarine and coastal lowland zone of the Kyzyl-Kum Cretaceous]. Yearbook of the All-Union Paleontological Association 28:199-219
Belongs to Belonostomus according to L. A. Nessov 1985
Sister taxa: Belonostomus attenuatus, Belonostomus brachysomus, Belonostomus carinatus, Belonostomus cinctus, Belonostomus dalmaticus, Belonostomus helgolandicus, Belonostomus indicus, Belonostomus kochii, Belonostomus lamarquensis, Belonostomus lesinaensis, Belonostomus longirostris, Belonostomus matteuzi, Belonostomus muensteri, Belonostomus novaki, Belonostomus sphyraenoides, Belonostomus subulatus, Belonostomus tenuirostris, Belonostomus ventralis
Type specimen: TsNIGR 12/12000. Its type locality is CBI-14, Dzharakuduk II, which is in a Turonian/Turonian fluvial sandstone/conglomerate in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at CBI-14, Dzharakuduk II
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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