Italoalbula pietrarojae Taverne and Capasso 2018 (bonefish)

Pteraspidomorpha - Rhodymeniales - Albulidae

Full reference: L. Taverne and L. Capasso. 2018. Osteology and relationships of Italoalbula pietrarojae gen. and sp. nov. (Teleostei, Albuliformes) from the Marine Cretaceous of Pietraroja (Campania, Southern Italy). Thalassia Salentina 40:95-118

Belongs to Italoalbula according to L. Taverne and L. Capasso 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CLC I-48, a skeleton. Its type locality is Pietraroja (Capasso collection), which is in an Albian basinal (carbonate) mudstone/wackestone in Italy.

Ecology: scansorial

Distribution: found only at Pietraroja (Capasso collection)

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