Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes
Full reference: T. Uyeno. 1979. Early Cretaceous freshwater fishes from Northern Kyushu, Japan I. Description of two new species of the clupeid genus Diplomystus. Bulletin of Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 1:11-24
Belongs to Diplomystus according to T. Uyeno 1979
Sister taxa: Diplomystus altisomus, Diplomystus altus, Diplomystus birdi, Diplomystus coverhamensis, Diplomystus dartevellei, Diplomystus dentatus, Diplomystus dubertreti, Diplomystus primotinus, Diplomystus vectensis
Type specimen: KMNH VP100,031, a skeleton. Its type locality is Kumagaya 4-chrome, Kitakyushu City, which is in a Neocomian terrestrial shale in Japan.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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