Brazilichthys Cox and Hutchinson 1991 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Brazilichthyidae

Full reference: C. B. Cox and P. Hutchinson. 1991. Fishes and Amphibians from the Late Permian Pedra de Fogo Formation of Northern Brazil. Palaeontology 34(3):561-573

Parent taxon: Brazilichthyidae according to R. T. Figueroa et al. 2019

See also Cox and Hutchinson 1991

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Brazilichthys macrognathus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pastos Bons, Maranhao (Permian of Brazil)

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