Caprosimilis Bienkowska-Wasiluk and Bonde 2015 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii

Full reference: M. Bienkowska-Wasiluk and N. Bonde. 2015. A new Oligocene relative of the Caproidae (Teleostei: Acanthopterygii) from the Outer Carpathians, Poland. Bulletin of Geosciences 90(2):461-478

Parent taxon: Acanthopterygii according to M. Bienkowska-Wasiluk and N. Bonde 2015

Sister taxa: Aulostomi, Berycida, Berycimorphaceae, Cataphracti, Cetomimiformes, Choichix, Euacanthopterygii, Gigapteryx, Holconoti, Holocentrimorphaceae, Hypostomides, Labyrinthici, Pepemkay, Percomorpha, Percomorphaceae, Thoracostei, Xenoberyces

Subtaxa: Caprosimilis carpathicus

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Type: Caprosimilis carpathicus

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Przemyƛl (Oligocene of Poland)

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