Unamichthys Alvarado-Ortega 2004 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Ichthyodectiformes - Allothrissopidae

Full reference: J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2004. Description and Relationships of a New Ichthyodectiform Fish from the Tlayúa Formation (Early Cretaceous: Albian), Puebla, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):802-813

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

See also Alvarado-Ortega 2004, Cantalice et al. 2019 and Cavin et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Allothrissops, Occithrissops, Thrissops

Subtaxa: Unamichthys espinosai

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Type: Unamichthys espinosai

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Site IGM-2432, Tlayúa Quarry (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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