Rhynchodercetis gortanii d'Erasmo 1946 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Alternative combination: Leptotrachelus gortanii

Synonym: Rhynchodercetis acutissimus d'Erasmo 1952

Belongs to Rhynchodercetis according to M. Chida et al. 2023

See also Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz 2021 and Goody 1969

Sister taxa: Rhynchodercetis hakelensis, Rhynchodercetis yovanovitchi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Comen (BMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Slovenia)

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