Hastichthys totonacus Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz 2021 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Full reference: J. Alvarado-Ortega and J. A. Díaz-Cruz. 2021. Hastichthys totonacus sp. nov., a North American Turonian dercetid fish (Teleostei, Aulopiformes) from the Huehuetla quarry, Puebla, Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 105(102900)

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

Sister taxa: Hastichthys gracilis, Hastichthys regio

Type specimen: IGM 7969, a skeleton. Its type locality is IGM-3889, Huehuetla quarry, which is in a Turonian marine marl in the Agua Nueva Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at IGM-3889, Huehuetla quarry

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