Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Full reference: C. R. Eastman. 1903. Carboniferous fishes from the central western States. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39:163-226
Belongs to Elonichthys according to C. R. Eastman 1903
Sister taxa: Elonichthys addamsi, Elonichthys armatus, Elonichthys binneyi, Elonichthys brownii, Elonichthys caudalis, Elonichthys contortus, Elonichthys davidi, Elonichthys denticulatus, Elonichthys egertoni, Elonichthys elegans, Elonichthys ellsi, Elonichthys fritschi, Elonichthys germari, Elonichthys gondwanus, Elonichthys hypsilepis, Elonichthys insolitus, Elonichthys krejcii, Elonichthys macropercularis, Elonichthys multistriatus, Elonichthys natalis, Elonichthys oblongus, Elonichthys ortholepis, Elonichthys peltigerus, Elonichthys perpennatus, Elonichthys portlocki, Elonichthys pulcherrimus, Elonichthys punctatus, Elonichthys remotus, Elonichthys robisoni, Elonichthys semilineatus, Elonichthys semistriatus, Elonichthys serratus, Elonichthys striatulus, Elonichthys sweeti, Elonichthys whaitsi, Elonichthys wolffi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek (YPM collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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