Pseudoellimma gallae De Figueiredo 2009 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes

Full reference: F. J. De Figueiredo. 2009. A New Clupeiform Fish from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) of Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Northeastern Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):993-1005

Belongs to Pseudoellimma according to F. J. De Figueiredo 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Pz.UERJ-497, a skeleton (Nearly complete and well-preserved specimen lacking most of the dorsal fin.). Its type locality is Atol Quarry (=CIMPOR quarry), which is in a Barremian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Coqueiro Seco Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Atol Quarry (=CIMPOR quarry)

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