Archaeomaene Woodward 1895 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1895. The fossil fishes of the Talbragar Beds (Jurassic?). Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales 9:1-31

Parent taxon: Pholidophoridae according to A. S. Woodward 1895

See also Gardiner 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1895

Sister taxa: Annaichthys, Ceneichthys, Ceramurus, Eopholidophorus, Knerichthys, Lombardichthys, Malingichthys, Neopholidophoropsis, Parapholidophorus, Pholidoctenus, Pholidolepis, Pholidophoretes, Pholidophorinae, Pholidophoroides, Pholidophoropsis, Pholidophorus, Pseudopholidoctenus, Zambellichthys

Subtaxa: Archaeomaene robustus Archaeomaene tenuis

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Type: Archaeomaene tenuis

Ecology: suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Talbragar Beds (Jurassic of Australia)

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