Anenchelum eocaenicus Danilt'chenko 1962 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae

Alternative combination: Lepidopus eocaenicus

Full reference: P. G. Danilt'chenko. 1962. Fishes from the Dabakhanian Formation of Georgia. Paleontologischeskii Zhurnal 1:111-126

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

See also Danil'chenko 1980 and Danilt'chenko 1962

Sister taxa: Anenchelum angustum, Anenchelum dorsale, Anenchelum glarisianum, Anenchelum heteropleurum, Anenchelum isopleurum, Anenchelum latum, Anenchelum lednevi, Anenchelum paucivertebrale

Type specimen: PIN 1413/78

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Dabakhana Gorge, Tbilisi (Eocene of Georgia)

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