†Placidichthys bidorsalis Brito 2000 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Ophiopsiformes - Ophiopsiellidae
Full reference: P. M. Brito. 2000. A new halecomorph with two dorsal fins, Placidichthys bidorsalis n. g., n. sp. (Actinopterygii: Halecomorphi) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Araripe Basin, northeast Brazil. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planètes 331:749-754
Belongs to Placidichthys according to P. M. Brito 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MPSC-P 288a and b, a skeleton. Its type locality is Placidichthys-type locality, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Placidichthys-type locality
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