†Aphanepygus elegans Bassani 1879 (ray-finned fish)
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Full reference: F. Bassani. 1879. Vorläufige Mitteilungen über die Fischfauna der Insel Lesina. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 1879:162-170
Belongs to Aphanepygus according to F. Bassani 1882
See also Bassani 1879
Sister taxon: Aphanepygus dorsalis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lesina (K.K. Geologischen Reichsanstalt GBA collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Starigrad Limestone Formation of Croatia.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lesina (K.K. Geologischen Reichsanstalt GBA collection)
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