Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Full reference: M. Chida, D. B. Brinkman, and A. M. Murray. 2023. A large, new dercetid fish (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) from the Campanian Bearpaw Formation of Alberta, Canada. Cretaceous Research 150(105579)
Belongs to Dercetis according to M. Chida et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Dercetis elongatus, Dercetis scutatus, Dercetis triqueter
Type specimen: TMP 2001.042.0017, a skeleton. Its type locality is Korite International mines, St. Mary river, which is in a Campanian offshore shale in the Bearpaw Formation of Canada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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