Planktophaga minuta Böhme et al. 2013 (carp-like fish)

Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Full reference: M. Böhme, M. Aiglstorfer, P.-O. Antoine, E. Appel, P. Havlik, G. Métais, Laq The Phuc, S. Schneider, F. Setzer, R. Tappert, Dang Ngoc Tran and D. J. Uhl Prieto. 2013. Na Duong (northern Vietnam) – an exceptional window into Eocene ecosystems from Southeast Asia. Zitteliana A 53:120-167

Belongs to Planktophaga according to M. Böhme et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GPIT/OS/817, a tooth (isolated pharyngeal tooth). Its type locality is Na Duong Mine level 11, which is in a Bartonian/Eocene lacustrine - large claystone in the Rhin Chua Formation of Vietnam.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Na Duong Mine level 11

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