Osteichthyes - Cheirolepidiformes - Cheirolepididae
Full reference: M. J. Newman, C. J. Burrow, J. L. Blaauwen and S. Giles. 2021. A new actinopterygian Cheirolepis jonesi nov. sp. from the Givetian of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Norwegian Journal of Geology 101(202103)
Belongs to Cheirolepis according to M. J. Newman et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Cheirolepis aleshkai, Cheirolepis bychovensis, Cheirolepis canadensis, Cheirolepis gaugeri, Cheirolepis gracilis, Cheirolepis macrocephalus, Cheirolepis schultzei, Cheirolepis sinualis, Cheirolepis trailli, Cheirolepis uragus
Type specimen: PMO 235.120, a skull (Head and anterior postcranium). Its type locality is Estheriahaugen North, Mimerdalen, which is in a Givetian marine ironstone/mudstone in the Tordalen Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Estheriahaugen North, Mimerdalen
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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