†family Plectocretacicidae Tyler and Sorbini 1996 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Plectocretacicidae
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: Plectocretacicoidea according to F. Santini and J. C. Tyler 2003
See also Tyler and Sorbini 1996
Sister taxa: Cretatriacanthidae, Protriacanthidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plectocretacicidae in the database