Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Ichthyotringidae

Full reference: C. Fielitz and K. Shimada. 2009. A new species of Apateodus (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) from the upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas, USA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):650-658

Belongs to Apateodus according to M. G. Newbrey and T. Konishi 2015

See also Fielitz and Shimada 2009

Sister taxa: Apateodus glyphodus, Apateodus lanceolatus, Apateodus striatus

Type specimen: CMC VP 6941, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Logan County [Smoky Hill Chalk Mbr, Niobrara Fm], which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine lime mudstone in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Logan County [Smoky Hill Chalk Mbr, Niobrara Fm]

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