†Sciaenidarum mexicanus Leriche 1938 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Sciaenidae
Full reference: M. Leriche. 1938. Contribution à l'étude des Poissons fossiles des pays riverains de la Méditerranée américaine (Venezuela, Trinité, Antilles, Mexique). Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse 51:1-42
Belongs to Sciaenidarum according to M. Leriche 1938
Sister taxa: Sciaenidarum elongatus, Sciaenidarum insignis, Sciaenidarum ovatus, Sciaenidarum songgoensis, Sciaenidarum staringi, Sciaenidarum subeporrectus, Sciaenidarum subgemma, Sciaenidarum veracruzensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Colombia, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Mexico
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Colombia
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