Berycopsis paucoradius Dietze 2009 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Full reference: K. Dietze. 2009. Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of certain neoteleostean fishes from the Upper Cretaceous of Sendenhorst, Germany. Cretaceous Research 30:559-574

Belongs to Berycopsis according to K. Dietze 2009

Sister taxa: Berycopsis elegans, Berycopsis germanus, Berycopsis pulcher, Platycormus gibbosus

Type specimen: GIM-8419, a skeleton. Its type locality is Bauerschaft Bracht, near Sendenhorst, which is in a Campanian carbonate lime mudstone in the Ahlen Formation of Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bauerschaft Bracht, near Sendenhorst

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