Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Full reference: V. Gallo, F. J. de Figueiredo, A. S. Brum, M. B. Soares, J. M. Sayão, A. E. P. Pinheiro, R. G. Figueiredo, R. T. Lopes, O. M. O. Araújo and A. W. A. Kellner. 2025. First dercetid fish from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica. Scientific Reports 15(26650)
Belongs to Antarctichthys according to V. Gallo et al. 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MN 7838-V, a skeleton. Its type locality is Near Shark Stream, Santa Marta Cove, James Ross Island, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Snow Hill Island Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Near Shark Stream, Santa Marta Cove, James Ross Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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