†Chauliodus testa Nazarkin 2014 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Stomiidae
Full reference: M. V. Nazarkin. 2014. The fossil viperfish Chauliodus testa sp. nov. (Stomiiformes: Stomiidae) from the Neogene of western Sakhalin, Russia. Paleontological Journal 48(3):317-325
Belongs to Chauliodus according to M. V. Nazarkin 2014
Sister taxa: Chauliodus barbatus, Chauliodus eximius, Chauliodus sloani
Type specimen: ZIN 55476. Its type locality is Penzenskoe, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Kurasi Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Penzenskoe
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