Osteichthyes - Halecomorphi - Ionoscopidae
Full reference: S. Wenz and A. W. A. Kellner. 1986. Découverte du premier Ionoscopidae (Pisces, Halecomorphi) sud-américain, Oshunia brevis n.g., n.sp., dans le Crétacé inférieur de la Chapada do Araripe (nord-est du Brésil). Bulletin du Museum national d'historie naturelle. Section C. Sciences de la terre, paleontologie, geologie, mineralogie 8(1):77-88
Belongs to Oshunia according to S. Wenz and A. W. A. Kellner 1986
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CD-P-31, a skeleton. Its type locality is Santana do Cariri (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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