Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Scopelarchidae
Full reference: M. V. Nazarkin and G. Carnevale. 2019. A Miocene Pearleye, Benthalbella praecessor, sp. nov. (Teleostei, Aulopiformes), from Sakhalin Island, Russia: The First Known Skeletal Record for the Family Scopelarchidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(e1511992):1-12
Belongs to Benthalbella according to M. V. Nazarkin and G. Carnevale 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ZIN 410p, a skeleton (partly disarticulated skeleton in part and counterpart). Its type locality is Penzenskoe, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Kurasi Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Penzenskoe
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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