Discosternon federicae Carnevale 2008 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Stomiiformes - Sternoptychidae

Full reference: G. Carnevale. 2008. Miniature deep-sea hatchetfish (Teleostei: Stomiiformes) from the Miocene of Italy . Geological Magazine 145(1):73-84

Belongs to Discosternon according to G. Carnevale 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGPA GES001, a skeleton. Its type locality is Gessopalena, which is in a Serravallian marine carbonate in Italy.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gessopalena

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