Wakinoichthys aokii Yabumoto 1994 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Wakinoichthiidae

Full reference: Y. Yabumoto. 1994. Early Cretaceous freshwater fish fauna in Kyushu, Japan. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 13:107-254

Belongs to Wakinoichthys according to Y. Yabumoto 1994

Sister taxon: Wakinoichthys robustus

Type specimen: KMNH VP 100,140, a skeleton. Its type locality is Fourth formation (W4, KA-0), which is in a Neocomian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Third Formation of Japan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (3 collections), South Korea (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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