Osteichthyes - Ellimmichthyiformes - Paraclupeidae
Synonyms: Ellimichthyidae Grande 1982, Ellimmichthyidae Grande 1982
Parent taxon: Ellimmichthyiformes according to G. Marramà and G. Carnevale 2023
See also Alvarado-Ortega and Ovalles-Damián 2008, Bannikov 2015, Forey et al. 2003, Grande 1982, Nelson et al. 2016, Than-Marchese et al. 2024 and van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Armigatidae, Armigatoidei, Codoichthys, Ellimichthyoidei, Guiclupea, Horseshoeichthys, Sorbinichthyidae, Sorbinichthyoidei
Subtaxa: Ellimichthys Ellimmichthyinae Ellimminae Eoellimmichthys Paraclupeinae Scutatuspinosinae Scutatuspinosus Thorectichthyinae Thorectichthys Triplomystus Tycheroichthys
Type: Scutatuspinosus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta, Northwest Territories), Equatorial Guinea (1), Italy (2), Lebanon (2), Mexico (9), Morocco (1), Palestine (1), Spain (1)
Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences