Cuneognathus gardineri Friedman and Blom 2006 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes

Full reference: M. Friedman and H. L. Blom. 2006. A new Actinopterygian from the Famennian of East Greenland and the interrelationships of Devonian ray-finned fishes. Journal of Paleontology 80(6):1186-1204

Belongs to Cuneognathus according to M. Friedman and H. L. Blom 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGUH VP 27637, a skull (left-lateral view). Its type locality is Cuneognathus gardineri type locality, which is in a Famennian lacustrine shale/mudstone in the Obrutschew Bjerg Formation of Greenland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cuneognathus gardineri type locality

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