Aphanius yerevanicus Vasilyan et al. 2009 (nono)

Actinopteri - Cyprinodontiformes - Cyprinodontidae

Full reference: D. Vasilyan, B. Reichenbacher, and G. Carnevale. 2009. A new fossil Aphanius species from the Upper Miocene of Armenia (Eastern Paratethys). Paläontol Z 83:511-519

Belongs to Aphanius according to D. Vasilyan et al. 2009

Sister taxon: Aphanius crassicaudus

Type specimen: IBA NAS RA EVN-1, a skeleton. Its type locality is Hrazdan-1, which is in a Miocene estuary/bay claystone in Armenia.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Hrazdan-1

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