Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Redfieldiidae
Synonym: Catopterus Redfield 1837 [replaced name]
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1899. On some changes in the names, generic and specific, of certain fossil fishes. The American Naturalist 33:783-792
Parent taxon: Redfieldiidae according to J. S. Nelson 2006
See also Bock 1959, Hay 1899, Hay 1902, Heckert 2004, Rapp 1946 and Schaeffer and McDonald 1978
Sister taxa: Brookvalia, Cionichthys, Dictyopyge, Helichthys, Lasalichthys, Mauritanichthys, Synorichthys
Subtaxa: Redfieldius anguilliformis Redfieldius gracilis Redfieldius minor Redfieldius obrai Redfieldius ornatus Redfieldius redfieldi
Type: Catopterus gracilis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (8: Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia collections)
• Triassic of United States (3: Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Total: 11 collections including 17 occurrences
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