Platysomus brewsteri Warren 1936 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Platysomiformes - Platysomidae

Full reference: P.S. Warren. 1936. Two new fossil fish from the Canadian Rockies. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 30:55-58

Belongs to Platysomus according to P.S. Warren 1936

Sister taxa: Platysomus bashkirus, Platysomus biarmicus, Platysomus circularis, Platysomus forsteri, Platysomus gibbosus, Platysomus intermedius, Platysomus macrurus, Platysomus nathorsti, Platysomus palaeoniscus, Platysomus palmaris, Platysomus parvulus, Platysomus rotundus, Platysomus schultzei, Platysomus solikamskensis, Platysomus soloduchi, Platysomus striatus, Platysomus superbus, Platysomus swaffordae, Platysomus tenuistriatus, Schaefferichthys leudersensis

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Poboktan Pass (Triassic of British Columbia)

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