Scheenstia zappi López-Arbarello and Sfercoa 2009 (gar)

Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes

Full reference: A. López-Arbarello and E. Sfercoa. 2009. New Semionotiform (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii) from the Late Jurassic of Southern Germany. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9:197-215

Belongs to Scheenstia according to A. López-Arbarello and E. Sfercoa 2009

Sister taxa: Scheenstia decoratus, Scheenstia degenhardti, Scheenstia hauchecornei, Scheenstia laevis, Scheenstia mantelli, Scheenstia maximus

Type specimen: JME-Sch 80. Its type locality is Stark Quarry, Schamhaupten, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone/bindstone in the Painten Formation of Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Stark Quarry, Schamhaupten

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