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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Leptolepiformes
Family: Leptolepidae
Genus: Cavenderichthys
Species: Cavenderichthys talbragarensis
Author Citation Woodward 1895
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
Purlawaugh Formation
Acquired by: Field Collection
Length: 4.5 cm
Talbragar Fish Beds
New South Wales
Australia
A unique specimen showing well preserved scales (see second image for close up). Archaeomene tenuis is a superficially similar species which also occurs at this site and often has well preserved scales, but can be distinguished from Cavenderichthys talbragarensis by the different skull morphology, tail shape and dorsal fin which opposes the anal fin.
Relevant papers:
Bean, L. B. & Arratia, G., 4 October 2019. Anatomical revision of the Australian teleosts Cavenderichthys talbragarensis and Waldmanichthys koonwarri impacting on previous phylogenetic interpretations of teleostean relationships. Alcheringa 44, 121–159.
Bean, L.B., 2006. The leptolepid fish Cavenderichthys talbragarensis (Woodward, 1895) from the Talbragar Fish Bed (Late Jurassic) near Gulgong, New South Wales. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23, 43–76.
Schwarzhans, W. W., Murphy, T. D., & Frese, M. (2018). Otoliths in situ in the stem teleost Cavenderichthys talbragarensis (Woodward, 1895), otoliths in coprolites, and isolated otoliths from the Upper Jurassic of Talbragar, New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 38(6), 1-14.
Woodward, A.S., 1895. The fossil fishes of the Talbragar Beds (Jurassic?). Geological Survey of New South Wales, Palaeontology. Memoir 9, 1–27.
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