†Gerpegezhus Bannikov and Carnevale 2012 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Syngnathiformes - Gerpegezhidae
Full reference: A. F. Bannikov and G. Carnevale. 2012. A long-bodied centriscoid fish from the basal Eocene of Kabardino-Balkaria, northern Caucasus, Russia. Naturwissenschaften 99:379-389
Parent taxon: Gerpegezhidae according to A. E. Schrøder and G. Carnevale 2025
See also Bannikov and Carnevale 2012
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Gerpegezhus daniaoriundus Gerpegezhus paviai
Type: Gerpegezhus paviai
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (5 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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