Palimphyes chadumicus Danil'chenko 1960 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Euzaphlegidae

Full reference: P. G. Danil'chenko. 1960. Bony fishes of the Maikop deposits of the Caucasus. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 78:1-247

Belongs to Palimphyes according to K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011

See also Danil'chenko 1960 and Danil'chenko 1980

Sister taxa: Palimphyes brevis, Palimphyes elongatus, Palimphyes latus, Palimphyes longirostratus, Palimphyes palaeocenicus, Palimphyes pinnatus, Palimphyes pshekhaensis

Type specimen: PIN 290/3

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Skumey-Don (Oligocene of Russian Federation)

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