Osteichthyes - Teleosteomorpha - Marcopoloichthyidae

Full reference: A. Tintori, Z. Y. Sun, C. Lombardo, D. Y. Jiang, Y. L. Sun, M. Rusconi, and W. C. Hao. 2008. New specialized basal neopterygians (Actinopterygii) from Triassic of the Tethys realm. Geologica Insubrica 10:13-20

Belongs to Marcopoloichthys according to A. Tintori et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Marcopoloichthys andreetti, Marcopoloichthys faccii, Marcopoloichthys furreri, Marcopoloichthys mirigioliensis

Type specimen: GMPKU-P-1469, a skeleton. Its type locality is Dawazi village, Bed Dwz4. (GMPKU collection), which is in a Pelsonian carbonate limestone in the Guanling Formation of China.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dawazi village, Bed Dwz4. (GMPKU collection)

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