†Rhineastes peltatus Cope 1872 (catfish)
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Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Notices of New Vertebrata from the Upper Waters of Bitter Creek, Wyoming Territory. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12(86):483-486
Belongs to Rhineastes according to O. P. Hay 1902
See also Cope 1872
Sister taxa: Rhineastes arcuatus, Rhineastes calvus, Rhineastes pectinatus, Rhineastes radulus, Rhineastes rhaeas, Rhineastes smithii
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sand Wash (Eocene of Colorado)
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