†Turseodus dolorensis Schaeffer 1967 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Full reference: B. Schaeffer. 1967. Late Triassic fishes from the western United States. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135(6):285-342
Belongs to Turseodus according to B. Schaeffer 1967
Sister taxon: Turseodus acutus
Type specimen: AMNH 5614, a skeleton. Its type locality is Dolores River Canyon fish locality A, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian channel siltstone in the Chinle Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (3: Arizona, Colorado collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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