†Vegrandichthys coitecus Díaz-Cruz et al. 2020 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Full reference: J. A. Díaz-Cruz, J. Alvarado-Ortega, and S. Giles. 2020. A long snout enchodontid fish (Aulopiformes: Enchodontidae) from the Early Cretaceous deposits at the El Chango quarry, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico: a multi-approach study. Palaeontologia Electronica 23(2:a30):1-27
Belongs to Vegrandichthys according to J. A. Díaz-Cruz et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IHNFG 5927, 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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