Gerpegezhus daniaoriundus Schrøder and Carnevale 2025 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Syngnathiformes - Gerpegezhidae

Full reference: A. E. Schrøder and G. Carnevale. 2025. Gerpegezhus daniaoriundus : a new species of centriscoid fish (Gerpegezhidae) from the Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. Journal of Paleontology 99(2):369-381

Belongs to Gerpegezhus according to A. E. Schrøder and G. Carnevale 2025

Sister taxon: Gerpegezhus paviai

Type specimen: FUM-N-14039a+b, a skeleton. Its type locality is Graven at Stendal Høje, which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp horizon in the Fur Formation of Denmark.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Denmark (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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