Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes
Synonym: Parathrissops Eastman 1914 [replaced name]
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1919. The fossil fishes of the English Wealden and Purbeck Formations, Part III. Palaeontographical Society, London 1917:105-148
Parent taxon: Ichthyodectiformes according to L. Cavin et al. 2013
See also Forey 1973, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1919
Sister taxa: Aidachar, Allothrissopidae, Allothrissops, Antarctithrissops, Ascalabothrissops, Cavenderichthys, Chuhsiungichthiidae, Chuhsiungichthys, Cladocyclidae, Cooyoo, Garganoichthys, Ichthyodectoidei, Mesoclupea, Occithrissops, Ogunichthys, Proportheus, Sultanuvaisia, Thrissops, Unamichthys, Vallecillichthys
Subtaxa: Pachythrissops furcatus Pachythrissops laevis Pachythrissops propterus Pachythrissops vectensis
Type: Pachythrissops laevis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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