Joffrichthys triangulpterus Newbrey and Bozek 2000 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Teleostei

Full reference: M. G. Newbrey and M. A. Bozek. 2000. A new species of Joffrichthys (Teleostei: Osteoglossidae) from the Sentinel Butte Formation, (Paleocene) of North Dakota, USA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(1):12-20

Belongs to Joffrichthys according to M. G. Newbrey and M. A. Bozek 2000

Sister taxa: Joffrichthys symmetropterus, Joffrichthys tanyourus

Type specimen: ND 98-1.2, a skeleton. Its type locality is Almont, which is in a Clarkforkian lacustrine shale in the Fort Union Formation of North Dakota.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Almont

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