†Protriacanthus (ray-finned fish)
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Parent taxon: Acanthomorpha according to C. Patterson 1993
See also Patterson 1964, Sepkoski 2002 and Tyler and Sorbini 1996
Sister taxa: Aipichthyoidea, Dalgoichthys, Euacanthomorphacea, Ferrifronsidae, Lampridacea, Omosomopsis, Oncolepis, Paracanthomorphacea, Polymixiacea, Polymixiiformes, Pseudotetrapterus, Spinocaudichthys, Xiphopterus
Subtaxa: Protriacanthus gortanii
Type: Protriacanthus gortanii
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Comen (Cretaceous of Slovenia)
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