Horseshoeichthys armaserratus Newbrey et al. 2010 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes

Full reference: M. G. Newbrey, A. M. Murray, D. B. Brinkman, M. V. H. Wilson, and A. G. Neuman. 2010. A new articulated freshwater fish (Clupeomorpha, Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Maastrichtian, of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47:1183-1196

Belongs to Horseshoeichthys according to M. G. Newbrey et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TMP 2001.045.0093, a skeleton. Its type locality is Albertosaurus Bonebed, Dry Island Buffalo Jump, which is in a Maastrichtian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Albertosaurus Bonebed, Dry Island Buffalo Jump

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