Rainerichthys Grogan and Lund 2009 (cartilaginous fish)

Chondrichthyes - Iniopterygia - Iniopterygidae

Full reference: E. D. Grogan and R. Lund. 2009. Two new iniopterygians (Chondrichthyes) from the Mississippian (Serpukhovian) Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana with evidence of a new form of chondrichthyan neurocranium. Acta Zoologica 90(Suppl. 1):134-151

Parent taxon: Iniopterygidae according to E. D. Grogan and R. Lund 2009

Sister taxa: Cervifurca, Iniopteryx, Papilionichthys, Promexyele

Subtaxa: Rainerichthys zangerli

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Type: Rainerichthys zangerli

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Montana collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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