Gordichthys Poyato-Ariza 1994 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Ostariophysi

Full reference: F. J. Poyato-Ariza. 1994. A new Early Cretaceous Gonorynchiform fish (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) from Las Hoyas (Cuenca, Spain). Occassional papers of the Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 164:1-37

Parent taxon: Anotophysi according to F. J. Poyato-Ariza 1994

Sister taxa: Chanos forcipatus, Gonorynchiformes

Subtaxa: Gordichthys conquensis

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Type: Gordichthys conquensis

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (MCCM collection) (Cretaceous of Spain)

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