Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Full reference: C. Romano, A. López-Arbarello, D. Ware, J. F. Jenks, and W. Brinkmann. 2019. Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from the Candelaria Hills (Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA). Journal of Paleontology 93:971-1000
Belongs to Pteronisculus according to C. Romano et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Pteronisculus aldingeri, Pteronisculus arambourgi, Pteronisculus arcticus, Pteronisculus broughi, Pteronisculus changae, Pteronisculus cicatrosus, Pteronisculus gunnari, Pteronisculus gyrolepidoides, Pteronisculus laetus, Pteronisculus macropterus, Pteronisculus magna, Pteronisculus meiringi, Pteronisculus nielseni, Pteronisculus stensioi
Type specimen: PIMUZ A/I 4402, a skeleton. Its type locality is Candelaria Hills, eastern portion, which is in a Dienerian offshore shale in the Candelaria Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Candelaria Hills, eastern portion
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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