Mendocinichthys Whitley 1953 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Louwoichthyiformes - Pseudobeaconiidae

Synonym: Mendocinia Bordas 1944 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Pseudobeaconiidae according to A. López-Arbarello et al. 2010

See also López-Arbarello and Zavattieri 2008, Romano et al. 2016 and Schaeffer 1955

Sister taxa: Amblypterus lujanensis, Anatoia, Anatoia debilis, Anatoia semiovata, Caminchaia, Caminchaia draghii, Echentaia, Echentaia obesa, Pasambaya, Pasambaya tellecheai, Pseudobeaconia

Subtaxa: Mendocinichthys brevis

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Type: Mendocinia brevis

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at El Challao (Triassic of Argentina)

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