Osteichthyes - Cheirolepidiformes - Cheirolepididae
Full reference: G. Arratia and R. Cloutier. 2004. A new cheirolepidid fish from the Middle-Upper Devonian of Red Hill, Nevada, USA. Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates 583-598
Belongs to Cheirolepis according to G. Arratia and R. Cloutier 2004
Sister taxa: Cheirolepis aleshkai, Cheirolepis bychovensis, Cheirolepis canadensis, Cheirolepis gaugeri, Cheirolepis gracilis, Cheirolepis jonesi, Cheirolepis macrocephalus, Cheirolepis sinualis, Cheirolepis trailli, Cheirolepis uragus
Type specimen: KUVP 94092a,b, a partial skeleton (skull and lower jaw, most of pectoral girdle and fins are revealed in lateral view with part and counterpart present). Its type locality is Red Hill, Horse Creek Valley, which is in a Givetian carbonate lime mudstone in the Denay Limestone Formation of Nevada.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Red Hill, Horse Creek Valley
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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