Osteichthyes - Tselfatiiformes - Plethodidae

Full reference: C. Fielitz and K. Shimada. 1999. A new species of Bananogmius (Teleostei: Tselfatiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous Carlile Shale of western Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 73:504-511

Belongs to Bananogmius according to K. Shimada 2006

See also Fielitz and Shimada 1999 and Taverne 2001

Sister taxa: Bananogmius aratus, Bananogmius favirostris, Bananogmius ornatus, Bananogmius zitteli

Type specimen: FHSM VP-2118, a skull. Its type locality is North of Saline River (sec. 4, T11S, R18W), which is in a Turonian offshore shale in the Carlile Shale Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at North of Saline River (sec. 4, T11S, R18W)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.