Siganopygaeus Daniltshenko 1968 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Siganidae

Alternative spelling: Siganopigaeus

Parent taxon: Siganidae according to J. C. Tyler and A. F. Bannikov 1997

See also Danil'chenko 1980 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthopygaeus, Aspesiganus, Eosiganus, Protosiganus, Ruffoichthys, Siganus

Subtaxa: Siganopigaeus rarus

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Uilya-Kushlyuk (Eocene of Turkmenistan)

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