Pentanogmius fritschi Shimada 2016 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Tselfatiiformes - Plethodidae

Full reference: K. Shimada. 2016. A new species of the Late Cretaceous 'sail-finned' bony fish, Pentanogmius (Actinopterygii: Tselfatiiformes), from Texas, USA. Cretaceous Research 61:188-198

Belongs to Pentanogmius according to K. Shimada 2016

Sister taxa: Pentanogmius crieleyi, Pentanogmius evolutus, Pentanogmius pentagon

Type specimen: DMNH PAL 2011-01-01, a skeleton. Its type locality is Grapevine Creek, Coppell, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian marine siliciclastic in the Britton Formation of Texas.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Grapevine Creek, Coppell

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