Sundayichthys elegantulus Gardiner 1969 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Canobiidae

Full reference: B. G. Gardiner. 1969. New palaeoniscoid fish from the Witteberg series of South Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 48(4):423-452

Belongs to Sundayichthys according to B. G. Gardiner 1969

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Geological Survey of South Africa, Pretoria, a partial skeleton (fish wanting tail). Its type locality is Schiethoogte 279, which is in a Tournaisian lacustrine - large mudstone/marl in the Waaiport Formation of South Africa.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of South Africa (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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