Avitoluvarus mariannae Bannikov and Tyler 1995 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Luvaridae

Full reference: A. F. Bannikov and J. C. Tyler. 1995. Phylogenetic revision fo the fish families Luvaridae and Kushlukidae (Acanthuroidei), with a new genus and two new species of Eocene luvarids. 81:1-45

Belongs to Avitoluvarus according to A. F. Bannikov and J. C. Tyler 1995

Sister taxon: Avitoluvarus dianae

Type specimen: PIN 2179/112, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Uilya-Kushlyuk, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Danata Formation of Turkmenistan.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Uilya-Kushlyuk

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