Serenoichthys kemkemensis Dutheil 1999 (bichir)

Osteichthyes - Polypteriformes - Polypteridae

Full reference: D. B. Dutheil. 1999. The first articulated fossil cladistian: Serenoichthys kemkemensis, gen. et sp. nov., from the Cretaceous of Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(2):243-246

Belongs to Serenoichthys according to D. B. Dutheil 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Poi-SGM1a-b, a partial skeleton (postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is 10 km south of Tafraout, which is in a Cenomanian fluvial-lacustrine claystone in Morocco.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 10 km south of Tafraout

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