Actinopteri - Uranoscopiformes - Uranoscopidae

Full reference: G. Carnevale, S. J. Godfrey, and T. W. Pietsch. 2011. Stargazer (Teleostei, Uranoscopidae) Cranial Remains from the Miocene Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, U.S.A. (St. Marys Formation, Chesapeake Group). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(6):1200-1209

Belongs to Astroscopus according to G. Carnevale et al. 2011

See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CMM-V-4231, a partial skull. Its type locality is Astroscopus counterman Type Locality, which is in a Tortonian paralic claystone in the St. Marys Formation of Maryland.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Astroscopus counterman Type Locality

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