Pteronisculus arcticus Schultze et al. 2021 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae

Synonym: Glaucolepis arctica Stensiƶ 1932

Full reference: H.-P. Schultze, K. E. Mickle, C. Poplin, E. J. Hilton, and L. Grande. 2021. Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Volume 8A: Actinopterygii I.

Belongs to Pteronisculus according to H-P. Schultze et al. 2021

See also Nielsen 1942 and Stensiƶ 1932

Sister taxa: Pteronisculus aldingeri, Pteronisculus arambourgi, Pteronisculus broughi, Pteronisculus changae, Pteronisculus cicatrosus, Pteronisculus gunnari, Pteronisculus gyrolepidoides, Pteronisculus laetus, Pteronisculus macropterus, Pteronisculus magna, Pteronisculus meiringi, Pteronisculus nevadanus, Pteronisculus nielseni, Pteronisculus stensioi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Greenland (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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