†Bannikovichthys paelignus Carnevale 2007 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Chiasmodontidae
Specific name: paelignus, from Paeligni, ancient people of central Italy, whose territory included the type locality.
Full reference: G. Carnevale. 2007. Fossil fishes from the Serravallian (Middle Miocene) of Torricella Peligna, Italy. Palaeontographia Italica 91:1-67
Belongs to Bannikovichthys according to G. Carnevale 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MSNTC PEL 053, a skeleton. Its type locality is Torricella Peligna, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Italy.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Torricella Peligna
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