†Lepidopus lateralis Danil'chenko 1980 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Full reference: P. G. Danil'chenko. 1980. Otryad Perciformes. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 178:115-169
Belongs to Lepidopus according to K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011
See also Danil'chenko 1980
Sister taxa: Lepidopus albyi, Lepidopus anguis, Lepidopus caudatus, Lepidopus gouanianus, Lepidopus lerichei, Lepidopus proargenteus
Type specimen: PIN 2181/65
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Sumgait River, Gobustan, member 12 Burdigalian (Miocene of Azerbaijan)
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