Osteichthyes - Halecomorphi

Full reference: P. M. Brito and J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2013. Cipactlichthys scutatus, gen. nov., sp. nov. a new Halecomorph (Neopterygii, Holostei) from the Lower Cretaceous Tlayua Formation of Mexico. PLoS One 8(e73551)

Parent taxon: Halecomorphi according to P. M. Brito and J. Alvarado-Ortega 2013

See also Cantalice et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Allolepidotus, Ionoscopidae, Ionoscopiformes, Isopholidae, Ophiopsiformes, Ophiopsiidae, Panxianichthyiformes, Parasemionotiformes, Pholidophorus curionii, Pholidophorus oblongus, Prosantichthys, Sinamiidae

Subtaxa: Cipactlichthys scutatus

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Type: Cipactlichthys scutatus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Tlayúa Quarry (IGM, general) (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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