Bawitius bartheli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypteriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Infraclassis: Cladistia Ordo: Polypteriformes

†Bawitius bartheli Grandstaff, Smith, Lamanna, Lacovara & Abdel-Ghani, 2012

Holotype: TU-B SFB 69 Vb 003 (= Bah 5/12-016), a partial skull (left ectopterygoid).

Type locality: Cenomanian Bahariya Formation, Egypt.

Grandstaff, B.S., Smith, J.B., Lamanna M.C., Lacovara, K.J., Abdel-Ghani, M.S. 2012. Bawitius, gen. nov., a giant polypterid (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) from the Upper Cretaceous Bahariya Formation of Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(1): 17–26. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.626823 Reference page.

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