†Gonostoma dracula Gradianu et al. 2017 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Stomiiformes - Gonostomatidae
Full reference: I. Gradianu, T. Prikryl, R. Gregorova and A. S. Harold. 2017. ????Gonostoma dracula sp. nov. (Teleostei, Gonostomatidae) from the Oligocene deposits of the Central Paratethys (Romania): earliest occurrence of the modern bristlemouths. Bulletin of Geosciences 92(3):323-336
Belongs to Gonostoma according to I. Gradianu et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Gonostoma albyi, Gonostoma biarritzense, Gonostoma retunsum
Type specimen: MSNPN-PC No. 820, a skeleton. Its type locality is Piatra Pinului, which is in a Rupelian marine shale in the Kliwa Sandstone Formation of Romania.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Piatra Pinului
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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