†Njoerdichthys dyckerhoffi Cawley et al. 2020 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Full reference: J. Cawley, J. Lehmann, F. Wiese and J. Kriwet. 2020. Njoerdichthys dyckerhoffi gen. et sp. nov. (Pycnodontiformes, lower Turonian) northward migration caused by the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum. Cretaceous Research 116:1-22
Belongs to Njoerdichthys according to J. Cawley et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GSUB V2302, a skeleton. Its type locality is Galgenknapp Quarry, bed 143, which is in a Turonian carbonate marl in the Hesseltal Formation of Germany.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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