Caprosimilis carpathicus 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

Belongs to Caprosimilis according to M. Bienkowska-Wasiluk and N. Bonde 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MWGUW ZI/57/013/a and b, a skeleton. Its type locality is Przemyśl, which is in a Rupelian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Menilite beds Formation of Poland.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Przemyśl

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