Lateopisciculus Murray and Wilson 1996 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Percopsiformes - Percopsidae

Full reference: A. M. Murray and M. V. H. Wilson. 1996. A new Palaeocene genus and species of percopsiform (Teleostei: Paracanthopterygii) from the Paskapoo Formation, Smoky Tower, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33:429-438

Parent taxon: Percopsidae according to A. M. Murray and M. V. H. Wilson 1996

Sister taxa: Amphiplaga, Erismatopterus, Libotonius, Massamorichthys, Percopsis

Subtaxa: Lateopisciculus turrifumosus

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Type: Lateopisciculus turrifumosus

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Smoky Tower Fish Locality (Paleocene of Alberta)

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