Judeichthys Gayet 1985 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Gonorhynchiformes - Gonorhynchidae

Full reference: M. Gayet. 1985. Gonorhynchiforme nouveau du Cénomanien inférieur marin de Ramallah (Monts de Judée): Judeichthys haasi nov. gen. nov. sp. (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Judeichthyidae nov. fam.). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section C, Sciences de la Terre, Paléontologie, Géologie, Minéralogie 7(1):65-85

Parent taxon: Gonorhynchidae according to L. Grande and T. Grande 2008

See also Gayet 1985, Grande 1996 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Charitopsis, Charitosomus, Hakeliosomus, Notogoneus, Ramallichthys, Sapperichthys

Subtaxa: Judeichthys haasi

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Type: Judeichthys haasi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 'Ein Yabrud quarries (Cretaceous of Palestinian Territory)

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