Belgocaranx luypaertsi Taverne et al. 2006 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Carangiformes - Carangidae

Full reference: L. Taverne, S. Van Simaeys, and E. Steurbaut. 2006. Belgocaranx luypaertsi gen. and sp. nov., a new skeleton-based Carangid Fish from the Boom Clay (Rupelian, Early Oligocene) at Kallo (N. Belgium). Bulletin de l'Institute Royal des Scineces Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 76:119-130

Belongs to Belgocaranx according to L. Taverne et al. 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vrasene Dok, Boom Clay, which is in a Rupelian offshore claystone in the Boom Clay Formation of Belgium

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Vrasene Dok, Boom Clay

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