Tenupiscis dakotaensis Stack et al. 2025 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Actinopterygii

Full reference: J. Stack, M. Gottfried, and M. Stocker. 2025. A new Lower Permian ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii) from South Dakota and the use of tree space to find rogue taxa in phylogenetic analysis of morphological data. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 3(2)

Belongs to Tenupiscis according to J. Stack et al. 2025

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FMNH PF 3712, a skeleton. Its type locality is Quarry Park, Rapid City, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Minnekahta Formation of South Dakota.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Quarry Park, Rapid City

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