Jenynsia herbsti Sverco et al. 2022 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Cyprinodontiformes - Anablepidae

Full reference: E. Sverco, G. Aguilera, J. M. Góngora and J. M. Mirande. 2022. The eldest grandmother, late Miocene †Jenynsia herbsti sp. nov. (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) and the early diversification of the Anablepidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(6):e2039168

Belongs to Jenynsia according to E. Sverco et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: 03-DPA-Pv-210, a skeleton ((complete male in right lateral view). Its type locality is Río Seco, which is in a Tortonian fluvial sandstone in the San Jose Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Río Seco

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