Paranursallia cavini Cooper and Martill 2020 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Full reference: S. L. A. Cooper and D. M. Martill. 2020. Pycnodont fishes (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Turonian) Akrabou Formation of Asfla, Morocco. Cretaceous Research 116:1-20

Belongs to Paranursallia according to S. L. A. Cooper and D. M. Martill 2020

Sister taxon: Paranursallia gutturosa

Type specimen: NHMUK AK-PYC 4, a maxilla (isolated vomer and left prearticular). Its type locality is Goulmima (BMNH collection), which is in a Turonian offshore shelf lime mudstone in the Akrabou Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Goulmima (BMNH collection)

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