†Eosternoptyx discoidalis Afsari et al. 2014 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Stomiiformes - Sternoptychidae
Full reference: S. Afsari, M. Yadiz, A. Bahrami and G. Carnevale. 2014. A new deep-sea hatchetfish (Teleostei: Stomiiformes: Sternoptychidae) from the Eocene of Ilam, Zagros Basin, Iran. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 53(1):27-37
Belongs to Eosternoptyx according to S. Afsari et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IUV IL/S1, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Ilam, east, which is in an Eocene/Eocene coastal limestone in the Pabdeh Formation of Iran.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ilam, east
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