†Balkaria histiopterygia Bannikov et al. 2017 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Balkariidae
Full reference: A. F. Bannikov, J. C. Tyler, D. Arcila and G. Carnevale. 2017. A new family of gymnodont fish (Tetraodontiformes) from the earliest Eocene of the Peri-Tethys (Kabardino-Balkaria, northern Caucasus, Russia). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(2):129-146
Belongs to Balkaria according to A. F. Bannikov et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 5314/2, a skeleton. Its type locality is Khieu River, Eocene, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the Abazinka Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Khieu River, Eocene
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