Hesperopsephurus Nessov 1997 (paddlefish)

Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae

Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1997. Nemorskiye Pozvonochnyye Melovogo Perioda Severnoy Yevrazii [Cretaceous Non-Marine Vertebrates of Northern Eurasia] 1-218

Parent taxon: Polyodontidae according to L. A. Nessov 1997

Sister taxa: Pholidurus, Protopsephurinae, Psephuroides

Subtaxa: Hesperopsephurus kyatensis

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Type: Hesperopsephurus kyatensis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at SH-20, Khodzhakul (Cretaceous of Uzbekistan)

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