†Quetzalichthys Alvarado-Ortega and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 2008 (bowfin)
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Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Ionoscopidae
Full reference: J. Alvarado-Ortega and L. Espinosa-Arrubarrena. 2008. A New Genus of Ionoscopiform Fish (Halecomorphi) from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Lithographic Limestones of the Tlayúa Quarry, Puebla, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 82(1):163-175
Parent taxon: Ionoscopidae according to J. Alvarado-Ortega and L. Espinosa-Arrubarrena 2008
See also Cantalice et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Ionoscopus, Oshunia, Spathiurus
Subtaxa: Quetzalichthys perrilliatae
Type: Quetzalichthys perrilliatae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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