Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Full reference: O. Vernygora, A. M. Murray, J. L. Mary, L. P. Ruge, and M. E. P. Fonseca. 2018. A new Cretaceous dercetid fish (Neoteleostei: Aulopiformes) from the Turonian of Colombia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(12):1057-1071

Belongs to Candelarhynchus according to J. Alvarado-Ortega and J. A. Díaz-Cruz 2021

See also Vernygora et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CIP-00097, a skeleton. Its type locality is Quarry near Tapias, which is in a Turonian marine mudstone in the San Rafael Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry near Tapias

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.