†Cretatriacanthus Tyler and Sorbini 1996 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Cretatriacanthidae
Full reference: J. C. Tyler and L. Sorbini. 1996. New superfamily and three new families of tetraodontiform fishes from the Upper Cretaceous: The earliest and most morphologically primitive plectognaths. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 82:1-59
Parent taxon: Cretatriacanthidae according to J. C. Tyler and L. Sorbini 1996
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Slovenitriacanthus
Subtaxa: Cretatriacanthus guidottii
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Nardo (Cretaceous of Italy)
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