Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Alternative combination: Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides
Full reference: E. A. Stensiö. 1921. Triassic Fishes from Spitzbergen, Part I 1-307
Belongs to Pteronisculus according to T. Argyriou et al. 2022
See also Nielsen 1942 and Stensiö 1921
Sister taxa: Pteronisculus aldingeri, Pteronisculus arambourgi, Pteronisculus arcticus, Pteronisculus broughi, Pteronisculus changae, Pteronisculus cicatrosus, Pteronisculus gunnari, Pteronisculus laetus, Pteronisculus macropterus, Pteronisculus magna, Pteronisculus meiringi, Pteronisculus nevadanus, Pteronisculus nielseni, Pteronisculus stensioi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Congress, lowest Triassic bone-bed, which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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