Hypsidoris oregonensis Grande and De Pinna 1998 (catfish)

Osteichthyes - Siluriformes - Hypsidoridae

Full reference: L. Grande and M. De Pinna. 1998. Description of a Second Species of the Catfish Hypsidoris and a Reevaluation of the Genus and the Family Hypsidoridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):451-474

Belongs to Hypsidoris according to L. Grande and M. De Pinna 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Horse Heaven Mine, which is in an Eocene lacustrine shale in the Clarno Formation of Oregon

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Horse Heaven Mine

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