Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Originally assigned holotype specimen number IHNFG-5333 but later changed to IHNFG-5816 (Diaz-Cruz, et al., 2019 Corrigendum)
Alternative combination: Dagon avendanoi
Full reference: J. A. Díaz-Cruz, J. Alvarado-Ortega, and G. Carbot-Chanona. 2019. Dagon avendanoi gen. and sp. nov., an Early Cenomanian Enchodontidae (Aulopiformes) fish from the El Chango quarry, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico. Journal of South American Sciences 91:272-284
Belongs to Veridagon according to J. A. Díaz-Cruz et al. 2019
See also Díaz-Cruz et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IHNFG-5816, a skeleton. Its type locality is El Chango Quarry, which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Cintalapa Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at El Chango Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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