Grandfieldia callilepidota Daly 1973 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhabdolepidae

Full reference: E. Daly. 1973. A Lower Permian vertebrate fauna from southern Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology 47(3):562-589

Belongs to Grandfieldia according to E. Daly 1973

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FM UF 1059, a partial skeleton (partial skull with shoulder girdle and pectoral fins). Its type locality is southwest of Grandfield, which is in a Kungurian fluvial shale/sandstone in the Hennessey Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at southwest of Grandfield

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