Sixtelia Sytchevskaya 1999 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Full reference: E. K. Sytchevskaya. 1999. Freshwater fish fauna from the Triassic of Northern Asia. Mesozoic Fishes 2—Systematics and Fossil Record 445-468

Parent taxon: Palaeoniscidae according to E. K. Sytchevskaya 1999

Sister taxa: Alvinichthys, Ambodipia, Apateolepis, Canobius, Carboveles, Cryphiolepis, Cycloptychius, Dicellopyge, Ferganiscus, Ganolepis, Gonatodus, Grygorichthys, Guizhouniscus, Gyrolepis, Holurus, Isodus, Isodus leptognathus, Koinichthys, Myriolepis, Nematoptychius, Oxygnathus, Palaeoniscum, Palaeoniscus, Paraeurynotus, Rhadinoniscus, Semionotus brodei, Strepheoschema, Suchonichthys, Tegeolepis, Trachelacanthus, Turfania, Turseodus, Wayaobulepis

Subtaxa: Sixtelia asiatica

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Madygen, PIN collection 3267 (Triassic of Kyrgyzstan)

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