†Cleithrolepis altus Woodward 1890 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Cleithrolepidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1890. The fossil fishes of the Hawkesbury Series at Gosford. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales. Palaeontology 4:1-57
Belongs to Cleithrolepis according to A. S. Woodward 1890
Sister taxa: Cleithrolepis extoni, Cleithrolepis granulatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll), which is in a Spathian/Bithynian lacustrine shale in the Terrigal Formation of Australia
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll)
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