Pickeringius acanthophorus Choo et al. 2018 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Actinopterygii

Full reference: B. Choo, J. Lu, S. Giles, K. Trinajstic, and J. A. Long. 2018. A new actinopterygian from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation, Western Australia. Papers in Palaeontology 5(2):343-363

Belongs to Pickeringius according to B. Choo et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: WAM 03.6.1, a skeleton. Its type locality is Paddys Valley, which is in a Frasnian carbonate siltstone/limestone in the Gogo Formation of Australia.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Paddys Valley

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