†order Pholidophoriformes (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes

Parent taxon: Teleostei according to G. Arratia 2017

See also Arratia 2013, Long 2011, Nelson et al. 2016 and Tintori et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Araripchthyiformes, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Euteleosteii, Gasterosteiformes, Gobioidea, Ichthyodectiformes, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Lampriformes, Leptolepidiformes, Leucichthyops, Longdeichthys, Luisiella, Lyopomi, Malacopteri, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteossomorpha, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Percomorphacea, Pharyngognathi, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys

Subtaxa: Ankylophoridae Archaeomaenidae Catervariolidae Eurycormidae Grimmenichthys Ichthyokentemidae Luxembourgichthys Pholidophoridae Pleuropholidae

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Denmark (2), Germany (1), Italy (2), Mongolia (1), Morocco (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3)

• Jurassic of Australia (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Chile (1), France (7), Germany (9), Italy (3), Luxembourg (3), the United Kingdom (15)

• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)

• Triassic of Australia (2), Austria (11), China (1), Germany (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (17), South Africa (2), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 101 collections including 150 occurrences

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