†family Gigantodontidae Weiler 1935 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Halecomorphi - Gigantodontidae

Full reference: W. Weiler. 1935. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens II. Wirbeltierreste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman) 16. Neue Untersuchungen an den Fischresten. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 32:1-57

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

See also Tabaste 1963

Sister taxa: Allolepidotus, Cipactlichthys, Ionoscopiformes, Isopholidae, Ophiopsiformes, Ophiopsiidae, Panxianichthyiformes, Parasemionotiformes, Pholidophorus curionii, Pholidophorus oblongus, Pingolepidae, Praesemionotidae, Prosantichthys

Subtaxa: Stromerichthys

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Egypt (3 collections), France (1), Morocco (2), Niger (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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