Argyripnus primigenius Steurbaut 1984 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae

Full reference: E. Steurbaut. 1984. Les otolithes de teleosteens de l'Oligo-Miocene d'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Palaeontogrphica Abt. A 186:1-162

Belongs to Argyripnus according to E. Steurbaut 1984

Sister taxa: Argyripnus oamaruensis, Argyripnus rapahoensis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Saubriges Paleocanyon, Chattian (Oligocene of France)

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