Osteichthyes - Halecomorphi - Gigantodontidae
Full reference: W. Weiler. 1935. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens II. Wirbeltierreste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman) 16. Neue Untersuchungen an den Fischresten. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 32:1-57
Parent taxon: Gigantodontidae according to N. Tabaste 1963
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Weiler 1935
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Stromerichthys aethiopicus
Type: Stromerichthys aethiopicus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (3 collections), France (1), Morocco (2), Niger (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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