†Hemithyrsites maicopicus Danil'chenko 1960 (ray-finned fish)
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Full reference: P. G. Danil'chenko. 1960. Bony fishes of the Maikop deposits of the Caucasus. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 78:1-247
Belongs to Hemithyrsites according to K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011
See also Danil'chenko 1980
Sister taxa: Hemithyrsites alatus, Hemithyrsites armatus
Type specimen: PIN 484/131. Its type locality is Dagestanskaya, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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