†Pelecorapis varius Cope 1874 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1874. Review of the Vertebrata of the Cretaceous Period found west of the Mississippi River. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, First Series 2:3-48
Belongs to Pelecorapis according to E. D. Cope 1874
See also Cope 1875 and Hay 1902
Sister taxon: Pelecorapis berycinus
Type specimen: Its type locality is 2 miles west of Sibley, which is in a Cenomanian marine claystone in the Graneros Formation of Kansas
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at 2 miles west of Sibley
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