Apuliadercetis indeherbergei Taverne and Goolaerts 2015 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Full reference: L. Taverne and S. Goolaerts. 2015. The dercetid fishes (Teleostei, Aulopiformes) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Belgium and The Netherlands. Geologica Belgica 18(1):21-30

Belongs to Apuliadercetis according to J. Alvarado-Ortega and J. A. Díaz-Cruz 2021

See also Taverne and Goolaerts 2015

Sister taxa: Apuliadercetis gonzalezae, Apuliadercetis tyleri

Type specimen: IRSNB P9316,, a partial skeleton

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Echinoderms, Lanaye, Gulpen, Lixhe (Cretaceous of Belgium)

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