Antarctiberyx seymouri Grande and Chatterjee 1987 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Beryciformes

This species differs from all other trachichthyids in the extreme development of the ornamented nasal bridge and in the pattern of radiating spines and serrations on the dorsal surface of the bridge.

Full reference: L. Grande and S. Chatterjee. 1987. New Cretaceous fish fossils from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Palaeontology 30(4):829-837

Belongs to Antarctiberyx according to L. Grande and S. Chatterjee 1987

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TTU P9210, a partial skull

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Seymour Island (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

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