†Osteopleurus newarki Bryant 1934
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Alternative combination: Coelacanthus newarki
Full reference: W. L. Bryant. 1934. New fishes from the Triassic of Pennsylvania. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 73(5):319-326
Belongs to Osteopleurus according to B. Schaeffer 1941
See also Bryant 1934
Sister taxon: Osteopleurus milleri
Type specimen: PU 13695, a skeleton. Its type locality is Gwynedd Tunnel (thin shales), which is in a Norian pond shale in the Lockatong Formation of Pennsylvania.
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (5: New Jersey, Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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