Paphosiscus scalmocristus Grogan and Lund 2015 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Paphosisciformes - Paphosiscidae

Full reference: E. D. Grogan and R. Lund. 2015. Two new Actinopterygii (Vertebrata, Osteichthyes) with cosmine from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Heath Fm., Serpukhovian, Mississippian) of Montana USA. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 164:111-132

Belongs to Paphosiscus according to E. D. Grogan and R. Lund 2015

Sister taxon: Paphosiscus circulocaudus

Type specimen: ROM 41110, a skeleton

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bear Gulch Limestone Lens (Carboniferous of Montana)

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