†Lateopisciculus turrifumosus Murray and Wilson 1996 (ray-finned fish)
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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
Belongs to Lateopisciculus according to A. M. Murray and M. V. H. Wilson 1996
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UALVP 34771, a skeleton. Its type locality is Smoky Tower Fish Locality, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial mudstone in Canada.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Smoky Tower Fish Locality
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