Eotetraodon gornylutshensis Bannikov and Tyler 2008 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae

Full reference: A. F. Bannikov and J. C. Tyler. 2008. A New Species of the Pufferfish Eotetraodon (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae) from the Eocene of the Northern Caucasus. Paleontological Journal 42(5):526-530

Belongs to Eotetraodon according to A. F. Bannikov and J. C. Tyler 2008

Sister taxa: Eotetraodon pygmaeus, Eotetraodon tavernei

Type specimen: PIN 4425/96, a skeleton. Its type locality is Pshekha River, Gorny Luch, Eocene, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pshekha River, Gorny Luch, Eocene

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