Osteichthyes - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Full reference: M. Waldman. 1971. Fish from the freshwater Lower Cretaceous of Victoria, Australia with comments of the palaeo-environment. Special Papers in Palaeontology 9:1-124
Parent taxon: Pholidophoridae according to C. Patterson 1975
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Annaichthys, Archaeomaene, Ceneichthys, Ceramurus, Eopholidophorus, Knerichthys, Lombardichthys, Madariscus, Malingichthys, Neopholidophoropsis, Oreochima, Parapholidophorus, Pholidoctenus, Pholidolepis, Pholidophoretes, Pholidophorinae, Pholidophoroides, Pholidophoropsis, Pholidophorus, Pseudopholidoctenus, Zambellichthys
Subtaxa: Wadeichthys oxyops
Type: Wadeichthys oxyops
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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