Koonwarria manifrons Waldman 1971 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes

Full reference: M. Waldman. 1971. Fish from the freshwater Lower Cretaceous of Victoria, Australia with comments of the palaeo-environment. Special Papers in Palaeontology 9:1-124

Belongs to Koonwarria according to M. Waldman 1971

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MUZ 2797 A,B, a skeleton. Its type locality is Koonwarra fish-bed, which is in a Cretaceous fluvial mudstone/claystone in Australia.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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