†suborder Halecoidei Goody 1969 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes

Full reference: P. C. Goody. 1969. The relationships of certain Upper Cretaceous teleosts with special reference to the Myctophoids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement 7:1-255

Parent taxon: Aulopiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Forey et al. 2003 and Goody 1969

Sister taxa: Acrognathus, Alepisauroidei, Aulopoidei, Bathysauroididae, Enchodontoidei, Ichthyotringoidei, Lestidiidae, Nardorexidae, Notolepis, Paralepididae, Paraulopidae, Paraulopoidei, Pseudotrichonotidae, Scopelarchidae, Synodidae

Subtaxa: Halecidae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Croatia (1 collection), Germany (1), Lebanon (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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