†Cyclothone mukhachevae Nazarkin 2015 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae
Full reference: M. V. Nazarkin. 2015. Fossil Bristlemouth Cyclothone mukhachevae sp. nov. (Stomiiformes: Gonostomatidae) from the Neogene of Western Sakhalin, Russia. Paleontological Journal 49(2):162-175
Belongs to Cyclothone according to M. V. Nazarkin 2015
Sister taxa: Cyclothone acclinidens, Cyclothone gaudanti, Cyclothone solitudinis
Type specimen: ZIN 55629, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Penzenskoe, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Kurasi Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Penzenskoe
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