Isurichthys breviusculus Bannikov 2012 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Ariommatidae

Full reference: A. F. Bannikov. 2012. The first record of the genus Isurichthys (Perciformes, Ariommatidae) in the Lower Oligocene of the Northern Caucasus. Paleontological Journal 46(2):171-176

Belongs to Isurichthys according to A. F. Bannikov 2012

Sister taxa: Isurichthys orientalis, Isurus macrurus

Type specimen: PIN, 5419/1. Its type locality is Pshekha River, Gorny Luch, which is in a Rupelian marine horizon in the Pshekha Horizon Formation of Georgia.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Pshekha River, Gorny Luch

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