†Dapedoglossus aequipinnis Cope 1878 (arowana)
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Osteichthyes - Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae
Alternative combination: Phareodus aequipinnis
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. Descriptions of fishes from the Cretaceous and Tertiary deposits west of the MIssissippi River. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 4:67-77
Belongs to Dapedoglossus according to A. S. Woodward 1901
See also Cope 1878, Grande 1984 and Hay 1902
Sister taxon: Dapedoglossus testis
Type specimen: Its type locality is F-1, Fossil Lake Jackson Quarry, which is in a Wasatchian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at F-1, Fossil Lake Jackson Quarry
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