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†Plectocretacicus Sorbini 1979 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes

Parent taxon: Tetraodontiformes according to C. Patterson 1993

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Tyler and Sorbini 1996

Sister taxa: Alutera, Aracanidae, Atlanticopristis, Balistoidei, Bolcabalistidae, Cretazeus, Eodiodon, Eoplectidae, Indotrigonodon, Kyrtogymnodon, Moloidei, Oligodiodon, Ostracioidea, Ostracioidei, Pisdurodon, Plectocretacicoidei, Protobalistidae, Tetraodontoidei, Triacanthodoidei, Triacanthoidei, Trigonodontoidae, Triodontidae, Zignoichthyidae

Subtaxa: Plectocretacicus clarae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hakel (MCSN Verona collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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