Marcopoloichthys furreri Arratia 2022 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Teleosteomorpha - Marcopoloichthyidae

Full reference: G. Arratia. 2022. The outstanding suction-feeder Marcopoloichthys furreri new species (Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic Tethys Realm of Europe and its implications for early evolution of neopterygian fishes. Fossil Record 25:231-261

Belongs to Marcopoloichthys according to G. Arratia 2022

Sister taxa: Marcopoloichthys andreetti, Marcopoloichthys ani, Marcopoloichthys faccii, Marcopoloichthys mirigioliensis

Type specimen: PIMUZ A/I 2886, a skeleton. Its type locality is Gletscher Ducan, Davos, which is in a Fassanian marine shale in the Prosanto Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Switzerland (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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