Vallecillichthys multivertebratum Blanco and Cavin 2003 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes

Full reference: A. Blanco and L. Cavin. 2003. New Teleostei from the Agua Nueva Formation (Turonian), Vallecillo (NE Mexico). Comptes Rendus Palevol 2:299-306

Belongs to Vallecillichthys according to L. Cavin et al. 2013

See also Blanco and Cavin 2003 and Blanco-Piñón and J Alvarado-Ortega 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FCT-079, a skeleton. Its type locality is Vallecillo quarry (FCT collection), which is in a Turonian offshore limestone in the Agua Nueva Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vallecillo quarry (FCT collection)

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