†Cionichthys dunklei Schaeffer 1967 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Redfieldiidae
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 Cionichthys according to B. Schaeffer 1967
Sister taxon: Cionichthys greeni
Type specimen: AMNH 5615, a skeleton. Its type locality is Big Indian Wash fish locality, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Chinle Formation of Utah.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (5: Colorado, Utah collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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