†Tlayuamichin itztli López-Arbarello and Alvarado-Ortega 2011 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Callipurbeckiidae
Full reference: A. López-Arbarello and J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2011. New semionotiform (Neopterygii) from the Tlayúa Quarry (Early Cretaceous, Albian), Mexico. Zootaxa 2749:1-24
Belongs to Tlayuamichin according to A. López-Arbarello 2012
See also Cantalice et al. 2019 and López-Arbarello and Alvarado-Ortega 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IGM 6716, a skeleton. Its type locality is Tlayúa Quarry (IGM collection), which is in an Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Tlayúa Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tlayúa Quarry (IGM collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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