†Eosladenia caucasica Bannikov 2004 (anglerfish)
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Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Lophiidae
Full reference: A. F. Bannikov. 2004. The First Discovery of an Anglerfish (Teleostei, Lophiidae) in the Eocene of the Northern Caucasus. Paleontological Journal 38(4):420-425
Belongs to Eosladenia according to A. F. Bannikov 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN, no. 4425-72, a skeleton. Its type locality is Pshekha River, Gorny Luch, Eocene, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pshekha River, Gorny Luch, Eocene
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