Dagon avendanoi Díaz-Cruz et al. 2019 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae

Full reference: J. A. Díaz-Cruz, J. Alvarado-Ortega, and G. Carbot-Chanona. 2019. Dagon avendanoi gen. and sp. nov., an Early Cenomanian Enchodontidae (Aulopiformes) fish from the El Chango quarry, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico. Journal of South American Sciences 91:272-284

Belongs to Dagon according to J. A. Díaz-Cruz et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IHNFG-5333, a skeleton. Its type locality is El Chango Quarry, which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Cintalapa Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at El Chango Quarry

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