Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
Full reference: K. González-Rodríguez, S. P. Applegate, and L. Espinosa-Arrubarrena. 2004. A New World macrosemiid (Pisces: Neopterygii-Halecostomi) from the Albian of México. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):281-289
Belongs to Macrosemiocotzus according to K. González-Rodríguez et al. 2004
See also Cantalice et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IGM-8163, a skeleton. Its type locality is Site IGM-370, Tlayúa Quarry (Aranguthy quarry), which is in an Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Tlayúa Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Site IGM-370, Tlayúa Quarry (Aranguthy quarry)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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