Michin Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2008 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Crossognathiformes

Full reference: J. Alvarado-Ortega, D. Mayrinck, and P. M. Brito. 2008. A basal pachyrhizodontid fish (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Tlayua Quarry, central Mexico. Comptes Rendus Palevol 7:269-275

Parent taxon: Pachyrhizodontoidei according to K. M. Cantalice et al. 2019

See also Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Notelopidae, Pachyrhizodontidae

Subtaxa: Michin csernai

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tlayúa Quarry (IGM, general) (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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