Vinciguerria distincta Danilt'chenko 1962 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Phosichthyidae

Full reference: P. G. Danilt'chenko. 1962. Fishes from the Dabakhanian Formation of Georgia. Paleontologischeskii Zhurnal 1:111-126

Belongs to Vinciguerria according to P. Constantin 1999

See also Danilt'chenko 1962, Jerzmanska 1968 and Kalabis and Schultz 1974

Sister taxa: Vinciguerria angulosa, Vinciguerria brevis, Vinciguerria macarovicii, Vinciguerria merklini, Vinciguerria obscura, Vinciguerria praeattenuata, Vinciguerria sagittiformis, Vinciguerria shinjiensis, Vinciguerria talgiensis, Vinciguerria yombeensis, Vincinguerria attenuata, Vincinguerria poweriae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dabakhana Gorge, Tbilisi, which is in a Lutetian marine horizon in the Dabakhana Svita Formation of Georgia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene to Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1 collection)

• Eocene of Georgia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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