Paratarrasius Lund and Melton Jr. 1982 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tarrasiidae

Full reference: R. Lund and W. G. Melton Jr. 1982. A new actinopterygian fish from the Mississippian Bear Gulch limestone of Montana. Palaeontology 25(3):485-498

Parent taxon: Tarrasiidae according to H-P. Schultze et al. 2021

See also Lund and Melton 1982, Lund and Poplin 2002, Sallan 2012 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Apholidotos

Subtaxa: Paratarrasius hibbardi

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Type: Paratarrasius hibbardi

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (8: Montana collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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