Cumbaaichthys Murray 2016 (beardfish)

Osteichthyes - Polymixiiformes

Full reference: A. M. Murray. 2016. Mid-Cretaceous acanthomorph fishes with the description of a new species from the Turonian of Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 1(1):101-115

Parent taxon: Polymixiiformes according to A. M. Murray 2016

Sister taxa: Boreiohydriidae, Polymixiidae

Subtaxa: Cumbaaichthys oxyrhynchus

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Type: Cumbaaichthys oxyrhynchus

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at GSC 84342, Lac des Bois (2010 collection) (Cretaceous of Northwest Territories)

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