A new species and biology of the Late Cretaceous 'blunt-snouted' bony fish, Thryptodus (Actinopterygii: Tselfatiiformes), from the United States

Volume: 101, Pages: 92 - 107
Published: Sep 1, 2019
Abstract
null null Thryptodus zitteli Loomis (Actinopterygii: Tselfatiiformes) is an enigmatic Late Cretaceous bony fish with a massive blunt rostrum that lived in the Western Interior Seaway of North America. Here, a second species of Thryptodus, T. loomisi sp. nov., is described on the basis of two skulls and some isolated rostra from the Britton Formation (Cenomanian–lower Turonian) of Texas, USA. In addition, the type species, T. zitteli, is...
Paper Details
Title
A new species and biology of the Late Cretaceous 'blunt-snouted' bony fish, Thryptodus (Actinopterygii: Tselfatiiformes), from the United States
Published Date
Sep 1, 2019
Volume
101
Pages
92 - 107
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