Osteichthyes - Teleosteomorpha - Marcopoloichthyidae

Alternative combination: Pholidophorus faccii

Full reference: M. Gortani. 1907. Pholidophorus faccii n. f. nel Raibliano di Cazzaso in Carnia. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia 13:117-124

Belongs to Marcopoloichthys according to A. Tintori et al. 2011

See also Gortani 1907 and Tintori et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Marcopoloichthys andreetti, Marcopoloichthys ani, Marcopoloichthys furreri, Marcopoloichthys mirigioliensis

Type specimen: MFSN 5915, a skeleton. Its type locality is Monte Diverdalce, Cazzaso, which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Val Degano Formation of Italy.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Monte Diverdalce, Cazzaso

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