Caeruleum miraculum Huang 2024 (lamprey)

Petromyzontida - Petromyzontiformes

Full reference: W. Huang. 2024. A new species of fossil lamprey (Petromyzontida: Petromyzontiformes) from Hebei, China. Historical Biology 36(11):2255-2267

Belongs to Caeruleum according to W. Huang 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMM 3770A/B, a skeleton (A complete eel-like slender body specimen, pre- serving the head, body and tail.). Its type locality is Naizi Mountain, which is in a Cretaceous delta plain shale/sandstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Naizi Mountain

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