†Asarotus arcanus Schaeffer 1968 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Asarotiformes - Asarotidae
Full reference: B. Schaeffer. 1968. A new actinopterygian fish from the Cretaceous of North America. American Museum Novitates 2344:1-10
Belongs to Asarotus according to B. Schaeffer 1968
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 5555, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is AMNH no. 5555 specimen, which is in a Santonian basinal (carbonate) chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at AMNH no. 5555 specimen
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