Gonatodus brainerdi Thomas 1853 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Alternative combination: Palaeoniscum brainerdi

Belongs to Gonatodus according to O. P. Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Gonatodus punctatus, Gonatodus toilliezi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chagrin Falls, which is in a Famennian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Berea Formation of Ohio

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chagrin Falls

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