Osteichthyes - Lepisosteiformes
Full reference: P. M. Brito and V. Gallo. 2003. A new species of Lepidotes (Neopterygii: Semionotiformes: Semionotidae) from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous of Northeastern Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1):47-53
Belongs to Lepidotes according to P. M. Brito and V. Gallo 2003
Sister taxa: Lepidotes dashanpuensis, Lepidotes elvensis, Lepidotes gigas, Lepidotes gloriae, Lepidotes lennieri, Lepidotes macropterus, Lepidotes microrhis, Lepidotes pankowskii, Lepidotes semiserratus, Lepidotes tanyrhis, Lepidotes toombsi, Lepidotes walcotti, Lepidotus affinis, Lepidotus fimbriatus, Lepidotus fittoni, Lepidotus frondosus, Lepidotus gallineki, Lepidotus latifrons, Lepidotus leedsi, Lepidotus lusitanicus, Lepidotus macrocheirus, Lepidotus maximiliani, Lepidotus minor, Lepidotus oblongus, Lepidotus occidentalis, Lepidotus palliatus, Lepidotus parvulus, Lepidotus piauhyensis, Lepidotus pustulatus, Lepidotus radiatus, Lepidotus rugosus, Lepidotus souzai, Lepidotus speciosus, Lepidotus striatus, Lepidotus subdenticulatus, Lepidotus subovatus, Lepidotus subundatus, Lepidotus tuberculatus, Lepidotus undatus, Lepidotus unguiculatus, Lepidotus virleti
Type specimen: MHNH-BCE 387, a partial skeleton (partial specimen, lacking the rostral part of the skull and posterior portion of the body and the paired and unpaired fins)
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general) (Cretaceous of Brazil)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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