Three named small-bodied fishes from a Middle Triassic locality document early stem-teleosteomorph taxonomic, anatomical and ecological disparity.
Represented range247–241.464 Ma
RegionsRüdersdorf quarry, Brandenburg, Germany
Cladesstem Teleosteomorpha · Pan-Teleostei
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fossil-range · medium
Named specimens of Pseudopholidoctenus, Barschichthys and Ruedersdorfia from the approximately 244 Ma Rüdersdorf locality document taxonomic, anatomical and ecological disparity on the teleosteomorph stem; they do not establish a global fossil first appearance of crown Teleostei or a synchronous worldwide radiation.