Richmondichthys Bartholomai 2004 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae

Full reference: A. Bartholomai. 2004. The large aspidorhynchid fish, Richmondichthys sweeti (Etheridge Jnr and Smith Woodward, 1891) from Albian Marine deposits of Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(2):521-536

Parent taxon: Aspidorhynchidae according to A. Bartholomai 2004

Sister taxa: Aspidorhynchus, Belonostomus, Vinctifer

Subtaxa: Richmondichthys sweeti

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Type: Richmondichthys sweeti

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kelly’s 1, Coocoran Opal Field (Cretaceous of Australia)

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