†Hemicalypterus Schaeffer 1967 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Full reference: B. Schaeffer. 1967. Late Triassic fishes from the western United States. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135(6):285-342
Parent taxon: Semionotidae according to B. Schaeffer 1967
See also Murry 1986 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acentrophorus, Aetheolepis, Aphnelepis, Archaeolepidotus, Pristisomus, Sargodon, Semionotus, Semionotus serratus, Tetragonolepis, Tianfuichthys
Subtaxa: Hemicalypterus weiri
Type: Hemicalypterus weiri
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (5: Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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