Eocitharinus macrognathus Murray 2003 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Characiformes

Full reference: A. M. Murray. 2003. A new Eocene citharinoid fish (Ostariophysi: Characiformes) from Tanzania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):501-507

Belongs to Eocitharinus according to A. M. Murray 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: WM 245/96a and WM 245/96b, a partial skeleton (part and counterpart of the anterior two-thirds of a skeleton). Its type locality is Mahenge, which is in a Lutetian crater lake mudstone/shale in Tanzania.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mahenge

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