Cyranorhis bergeraci Lund and Poplin 1997 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae

Full reference: R. Lund and C. Poplin. 1997. The Rhadinichthyids (paleoniscoid actinopterygians) from the Bear Gulch limestone of Montana (USA, Lower Carboniferous). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3):466-486

Belongs to Cyranorhis according to R. Lund and C. Poplin 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CM 40991, a skeleton. Its type locality is Bear Gulch (Carnegie Museum Collection), which is in an Arnsbergian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (7: Montana collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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