Slovenitriacanthus saksidai Tyler and Križnar 2013 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Cretatriacanthidae

Full reference: J. C. Tyler and M. Križnar. 2013. A new genus and species, Slovenitriacanthus saksidai, from southwestern Slovenia, of the Upper Cretaceous basal tetraodontiform fish family Cretatriacanthidae (Plectocretacicoidea). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 37:45-56

Belongs to Slovenitriacanthus according to J. C. Tyler and M. Križnar 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Šepulje, east of Tomaj, which is in a Santonian/Campanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Lipica Formation of Slovenia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Šepulje, east of Tomaj

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