Eoscomber senegalicus Claeson et al. 2015 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Full reference: K. M. Claeson, R. Sarr, R. V. Hill, El Hadji Sow, R. Malou and M. A. O'Leary. 2015. New fossil scombrid (Pelagia: Scombridae) fishes preserved as predator and prey from the Eocene of Senegal. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 164(1):133-147

Belongs to Eoscomber according to K. M. Claeson et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SNB/2010 02, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Desplats Limestone Quarries (Lower), which is in a Ypresian coastal marl/limestone in the Thies Formation of Senegal.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Desplats Limestone Quarries (Lower)

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