Moythomasia lineata Choo 2015 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri

Full reference: B. Choo. 2015. A new species of the Devonian actinopterygian Moythomasia from Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, and fresh observations on M. durgaringa from the Gogo Formation of Western Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(4):e952817

Belongs to Moythomasia according to B. Choo 2015

Sister taxa: Moythomasia antiqua, Moythomasia devonica, Moythomasia durgaringa, Moythomasia laevigata, Moythomasia nitida, Moythomasia perforata, Moythomasia striata, Aldingeria biertheri

Type specimen: NRM P.4848, a partial skeleton (Anterior one-third of a large specimen split into part and counterpart). Its type locality is Heiligenstock Quarry, which is in a Givetian/Frasnian marine limestone/shale in the Oberer Plattenkalk Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Heiligenstock Quarry

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