Rhadinichthys ornatocephalum Elliott 2018 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae

Full reference: F. M. Elliott. 2018. An early actinopterygian ichthyofauna from the Scottish Lower Coal Measures Formation: Westphalian A (Bashkirian). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 107:351-394

Belongs to Rhadinichthys according to F. M. Elliott 2018

Sister taxa: Rhadinichthys alberti, Rhadinichthys angustulus, Rhadinichthys argentinicus, Rhadinichthys athertonensis, Rhadinichthys brevis, Rhadinichthys cairnsii, Rhadinichthys canobiensis, Rhadinichthys carinatus, Rhadinichthys ferox, Rhadinichthys flexuosus, Rhadinichthys formosus, Rhadinichthys glabrolepis, Rhadinichthys gracilis, Rhadinichthys grossarti, Rhadinichthys hancocki, Rhadinichthys hibernicus, Rhadinichthys laevis, Rhadinichthys leidyianus, Rhadinichthys lerichei, Rhadinichthys lineatus, Rhadinichthys macconochiei, Rhadinichthys macconochii, Rhadinichthys macrodon, Rhadinichthys monensis, Rhadinichthys ornatissimus, Rhadinichthys plumosum, Rhadinichthys renieri, Rhadinichthys rioniger, Rhadinichthys tuberculatus, Rhadinichthys vagus, Rhadinichthys wardi

Type specimen: GLAHM 152853, a skeleton (shale slab containing disarticulated specimen)

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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