Bellwoodilabrus landinii Bannikov and Carnevale 2010 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae

Full reference: A. F. Bannikov and G. Carnevale. 2010. Bellwoodilabrus landinii n. gen., n. sp., a new genus and species of labrid fish (Teleostei, Perciformes) from the Eocene of Monte Bolca. Geodiversitas 32(2):201-220

Belongs to Bellwoodilabrus according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014

See also Bannikov 2014 and Bannikov and Carnevale 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCSNV IGVR 71214/71215, a skeleton. Its type locality is Monte Bolca, Pesciara (FMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Italy.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca, Pesciara (FMNH collection)

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