†family Plethodidae Loomis 1900 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Tselfatiiformes - Plethodidae

Synonyms: Bananogmiidae Applegate 1970, Thryptodontidae, Tselfatiidae Arambourg 1954

Parent taxon: Tselfatiiformes according to T. El Hossny et al. 2023

See also Amalfitano et al. 2020, Applegate 1970, Cumbaa et al. 2006, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Patterson 1964, Shimada et al. 2006, Taverne 2000, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and van der Laan 2019

Sister taxa: Eoplethodus, Protobramidae, Pseudanogmius

Subtaxa: Bananogmius Dixonanogmius Moorevillia Niobrara Paranogmius Pentanogmius Plethodus Rhamphoichthys Thryptodus Tselfatia Zanclites

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Type: Thryptodus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (1: Illinois collection)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Manitoba, Saskatchewan), Croatia (2), Egypt (3), Germany (2), Italy (5), Lebanon (1), Mexico (3), Morocco (1), Myanmar (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (23: Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas)

Total: 48 collections including 58 occurrences

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