Propterus vidali Sauvage 1903 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Macrosemiiformes - Macrosemiidae

Full reference: H. E. Sauvage. 1903. Noticia sobre los peces de la caliza litográfica de la provincia de Lérida (Cataluña). Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona 3:467-481

Belongs to Propterus according to A. W. H. Bartram 1977

See also Sauvage 1903

Sister taxa: Propterus elongatus, Propterus microstomus, Propterus scacchii, Propterus serratus, Propterus speciosus

Type specimen: Its type locality is La Pedrera de Meià, El Montsec, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at La Pedrera de Meià, El Montsec

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