Pattersonichthys Goody 1969 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata - Pattersonichthyidae

Full reference: P. C. Goody. 1969. The relationships of certain Upper Cretaceous teleosts with special reference to the Myctophoids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement 7:1-255

Parent taxon: Pattersonichthyidae according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Goody 1969 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Pattersonichthys delicatus

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Type: Pattersonichthys delicatus

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Hadjoula (BMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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