Dercetis magnificus Chida et al. 2023 (ray-finned fish)

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

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