Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Full reference: P. G. Danil'chenko. 1960. Bony fishes of the Maikop deposits of the Caucasus. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 78:1-247
Belongs to Syngnathus according to P. G. Danil'chenko 1960
See also Ciobanu 1977
Sister taxa: Syngnathus albyi, Syngnathus avus, Syngnathus breviculus, Syngnathus californiensis, Syngnathus carinatus, Syngnathus emeritus, Syngnathus euchrous, Syngnathus incertus, Syngnathus incompletus, Syngnathus insulae, Syngnathus leptorhynchus, Syngnathus macrobrachium, Syngnathus opisthopterus, Siphostoma auliscus, Siphostoma exile
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chernaya River, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Zuramakent horizon Formation of the Russian Federation
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1 collection)
• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Romania (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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