Portheus jaxarticus Riabinin 1938 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae

Full reference: A. N. Riabinin. 1938. Some results of the studies of the Upper Cretaceous dinosaurian fauna from the vicinity of the station Sary-Agach, South Kazakhstan. Problems of Paleontology 4:125-135

Belongs to Portheus according to A. N. Riabinin 1938

Sister taxa: Portheus daviesi, Portheus gaultinus, Portheus mantelli

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kyrkkuduk I (Dabrazhin), which is in a Coniacian/Santonian terrestrial conglomerate in the Dabrazhin Formation of Tajikistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kyrkkuduk I (Dabrazhin)

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