†Cyprinodon primulus Cockerell 1936 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Cyprinodontiformes - Cyprinodontidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1936. The Fauna of the Sunchal (or Margas Verdes) formation, Northern Argentina. American Museum Novitates 886:1-9
Belongs to Cyprinodon according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1936
Sister taxon: Cyprinodon breviradius
Type specimen: AMNH 24521, a dermal scale. Its type locality is Ranges east of Sierra Santa Barbara, which is in a Paleocene lacustrine - small mudstone in the Maíz Gordo Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Ranges east of Sierra Santa Barbara
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