†Hesperopsephurus kyatensis Nessov 1997 (paddlefish)
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Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae
Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1997. Nemorskiye Pozvonochnyye Melovogo Perioda Severnoy Yevrazii [Cretaceous Non-Marine Vertebrates of Northern Eurasia] 1-218
Belongs to Hesperopsephurus according to L. A. Nessov 1997
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CCMGE 32/12177. Its type locality is SH-20, Khodzhakul, which is in a Cenomanian coastal sandstone/claystone in the Khodzhakul Formation of Uzbekistan.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at SH-20, Khodzhakul
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