†Kansius Hussakof 1929 (ray-finned fish)
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Full reference: L. Hussakof. 1929. A new teleostean fish from the Niobrara of Kansas. American Museum Novitates 357:1-4
Parent taxon: Holocentroidei according to C. Patterson 1993
See also Bardack 1976, Patterson 1964 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adriacentrus, Alloberyx, Caproberyx, Ctenocephalichthys, Erugocentrus, Parospinus, Stichoberyx, Stichocentrus, Trachichthyoides
Subtaxa: Kansius sternbergi
Type: Kansius sternbergi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Kansas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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