Briveichthys Štamberg and Steyer 2021 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae

Full reference: S. Štamberg and J.-S. Steyer. 2021. New actinopterygians from the Permian of the Brive Basin, and the ichthyofaunas of the French Massif Central. Fossil Imprint 77(1):145-165

Parent taxon: Pygopteridae according to S. Štamberg and J.-S. Steyer 2021

Sister taxa: Itararichthys, Pygopterus, Zaborichthys

Subtaxa: Briveichthys chantepieorum

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Type: Briveichthys chantepieorum

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Brive bypass (road D1089) (Permian of France)

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