Dinematichthys Bleeker 1865 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae

Parent taxon: Bythitidae according to D. Nolf and D. Dockery 1993

See also Casier 1966

Sister taxa: Aphyoninae, Bellotia, Brosmophycinae, Brosmophyciops, Brosmophycis, Bythitidarum, Bythitinae, Dinematichthyinae, Diplacanthopoma, Grammonus, Propteridium, Timorichthys

Subtaxa: Dinematichthys argutus Dinematichthys midwayensis

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite

Distribution: found only at Matthews Landing (Paleocene of Alabama)

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