Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes - Armigatidae
Full reference: G. Marramà and G. Carnevale. 2023. Double-armoured herrings (Clupeomorpha: Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Pietraroja (southern Italy). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 21(2181109)
Belongs to Armigatus according to G. Marramà and G. Carnevale 2023
Sister taxa: Armigatus alticorpus, Armigatus brevissimus, Armigatus carrenoae, Armigatus dalmaticus, Armigatus elatus, Armigatus namourensis, Armigatus oligodentatus, Histiurus
Type specimen: CMSNF M.536, a skeleton. Its type locality is Le Cavere site, Pietraroia (Museo Napoli collection), which is in an Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in Italy.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Le Cavere site, Pietraroia (Museo Napoli collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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