Scopulipiscis saxciput Latimer and Giles 2018 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Dapediiformes - Dapediidae

Full reference: A. E. Latimer and S. Giles. 2018. A giant dapediid from the Late Triassic of Switzerland and insights into neopterygian phylogeny. Royal Society Open Science 5:180497

Belongs to Scopulipiscis according to A. E. Latimer and S. Giles 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIMUZ A/I 3026, a skull (neurocranium). Its type locality is Schesaplana Mountain, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the Kössen Formation of Austria.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Schesaplana Mountain

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