Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Bardackichthyidae
Full reference: L. Taverne. 2008. Considerations about the Late Cretaceous genus Chirocentrites and erection of the new genus Heckelichthys (Teleostei, Ichthyodectiformes) - A new visit inside the ichthyodectid phylogeny. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 78:209-228
Parent taxon: Bardackichthyidae according to R. J. Hacker and K. Shimada 2021
See also Amalfitano et al. 2020, Cavin et al. 2013 and Taverne 2008
Sister taxa: Amakusaichthys, Bardackichthys
Subtaxa: Heckelichthys microdon Heckelichthys preopercularis Heckelichthys vexillifer
Type: Chirocentrites vexillifer
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Croatia (4 collections), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Slovenia (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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