Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1891. On vertebrata from the Tertiary and Cretaceous rocks of the North West Territory: The species from the Oligocene or Lower Miocene beds of the Cypress Hills. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3:1-25
Belongs to Rhineastes according to L. M. Lambe 1908
See also Cope 1891 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Rhineastes arcuatus, Rhineastes calvus, Rhineastes pectinatus, Rhineastes peltatus, Rhineastes radulus, Rhineastes smithii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Conglomerate Creek, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Cypress HIlls Formation of Canada
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Conglomerate Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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