Teffichthys Marramà et al. 2017 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Perleididae

Full reference: G. Marramà, C. Lombardo, A. Tintori and G. Carnevale. 2017. Redescription of "Perleidus" (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) from the Early Triassic of northwestern Madagascar. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 123:219-242

Parent taxon: Perleididae according to Z. W. Yuan et al. 2022

See also Marramà et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Aetheodontus, Alvinia, Diandongperleidus, Dipteronotus, Endennia, Eoperleidus, Luopingperleidus, Megaperleidus, Meidiichthys, Meridensia, Paraperleidus, Perleidus, Plesioperleidus

Subtaxa: Teffichthys elegans Teffichthys lehmani Teffichthys lutoensis Teffichthys madagascariensis Teffichthys stoschiensis Teffichthys woodwardi Teffichthys wui

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Ecology: planktonic grazer-detritivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Angola (6 collections), China (4), Greenland (2), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (7)

Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences

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