†family Sorbinichthyidae Bannikov and Bacchia 2000 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes - Sorbinichthyidae

Full reference: A. F. Bannikov and F. Bacchia. 2000. A remarkable clupeomorph fish (Pisces, Teleostei) from a new Upper Cretaceous marine locality in Lebanon. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 80:3-11

Parent taxon: Ellimmichthyiformes according to D. W. Larson et al. 2010

See also Bannikov and Bacchia 2000 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Armigatidae, Armigatoidei, Codoichthys, Ellimmichthyidae, Ellimmichthyoidei, Guiclupea, Horseshoeichthys, Paraclupeidae, Scutatuspinosidae, Scutatuspinosus, Sorbinichthyoidei

Subtaxa: Sorbinichthys

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Type: Sorbinichthys

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections), Lebanon (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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