Osteichthyes - Ctenothrissiformes
Full reference: C. Patterson. 1964. A review of Mesozoic acanthopterygian fishes, with special reference to those of the English Chalk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Series B) 247(739):213-482
Parent taxon: Acanthomorphata according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Long 2011, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aipichthyoidea, Asineopidae, Bajaichthyidae, Dalgoichthys, Euacanthomorphacea, Lampridacea, Oncolepis, Paracanthomorphacea, Pateropercidae, Pattersonichthyidae, Polymixiacea, Pseudotetrapterus, Spinocaudichthys, Xiphopterus
Subtaxa: Aulolepidae Ctenothrissidae Heterothrissa Humilichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (5 collections), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences