Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Full reference: E. I. White. 1933. New Triassic Palaeoniscids from Madagascar. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Tenth Series 10:118-128
Belongs to Pteronisculus according to L. Beltan 1968
See also Lehman 1952 and White 1933
Sister taxa: Pteronisculus aldingeri, Pteronisculus arambourgi, Pteronisculus arcticus, Pteronisculus broughi, Pteronisculus changae, Pteronisculus cicatrosus, Pteronisculus gunnari, Pteronisculus gyrolepidoides, Pteronisculus laetus, Pteronisculus magna, Pteronisculus meiringi, Pteronisculus nevadanus, Pteronisculus nielseni, Pteronisculus stensioi
Type specimen: BMNH P16282-3, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Ambarakaraka and Andogozobé (BMNH collection), which is in a Dienerian marine horizon in Madagascar.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Madagascar (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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