†Schaefferius Akbulut 2012 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Canobiidae
Synonym: Marquesia Schaeffer 1990 [replaced name]
Full reference: A. Akbulut and H. Özdikmen. 2012. To the memory of Dr. Bobb Schaeffer, Schaefferius nom. nov., a new name for the preoccupied genus Marquesia Schaeffer, 1990 (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii: Palaeonisciformes). Munis Entomology & Zoology 7:1272-1273
Parent taxon: Canobiidae according to A. Akbulut and H. Özdikmen 2012
See also Schaeffer 1990
Sister taxa: Sundayichthys, Whiteichthys
Subtaxa: Schaefferius moutai
Type: Elonichthys moutai
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Angola (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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