Osteichthyes - Ellimmichthyiformes - Paraclupeidae
Full reference: M. J. Hay, S. L. Cumbaa, A. M. Murray and A. G. Plint. 2007. A new paraclupeid fish (Clupeomorpha, Ellimmichthyiformes) from a muddy marine pro-delta environment: middle Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:775-790
Parent taxon: Paraclupeidae according to M. J. Hay et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Ellimichthys, Ellimmichthyinae, Ellimminae, Eoellimmichthys, Paraclupeinae, Thorectichthyinae, Thorectichthys, Triplomystus
Subtaxa: Tycheroichthys dunveganensis
Type: Tycheroichthys dunveganensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Progress Energy Cequel Elm core 16-5-69-6W6 (Cretaceous of Alberta)
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