Saurichthys eximius Minikh 1982 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Full reference: A. Minikh. 1982. New species of Saurichthys from the Early Triassic from the area along the upper Volga. Vsesoyuzhnogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva 25:205-213

Belongs to Saurichthys according to A. Minikh 1982

Sister taxa: Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys), Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys), Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys), Saurichthys (Sinosaurichthys), Saurichthys aculeatus, Saurichthys apicalis, Saurichthys breviabdominalis, Saurichthys calcaratus, Saurichthys curionii, Saurichthys daubreei, Saurichthys dawaziensis, Saurichthys deperditus, Saurichthys dongusensis, Saurichthys gigas, Saurichthys gracilis, Saurichthys grignae, Saurichthys gypsophilus, Saurichthys hamiltoni, Saurichthys huanshenensis, Saurichthys indicus, Saurichthys irregularis, Saurichthys latifrons, Saurichthys lepidosteoides, Saurichthys longidens, Saurichthys macrocephalus, Saurichthys majiashanensis, Saurichthys nepalensis, Saurichthys obrutchevi, Saurichthys orientalis, Saurichthys parvidens, Saurichthys piveteaui, Saurichthys proximus, Saurichthys sceltrichensis, Saurichthys seefeldensis, Saurichthys semicostatus, Saurichthys spinosa, Saurichthys stensioi, Saurichthys striatulus, Saurichthys striolatus, Saurichthys subulatus, Saurichthys tenuirostris, Saurichthys tertius, Saurichthys ultimus, Saurichthys vjuschkovi, Saurichthys wimani, Saurichthys yangjuanensis, Saurichthys yunnanensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tikhvinskoe (PIN collection 4048) (Triassic of Russian Federation)

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