Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Polzbergiidae
Full reference: T. Bürgin. 1992. Basal ray-finned fishes (Osteichthyes; Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Tessin, Switzerland). Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 114:1-164
Belongs to Stoppania according to C. Lombardo et al. 2008
Sister taxon: Stoppania gaetanii
Type specimen: PIMUZ T.94, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, unspecified bed, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology: nektobenthic durophage
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Stoppania ornata in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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