†family Pharmacichthyidae Patterson 1964 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Teleosteomorpha - Pharmacichthyidae

Full reference: C. Patterson. 1964. A review of Mesozoic acanthopterygian fishes, with special reference to those of the English Chalk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Series B) 247(739):213-482

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

See also Patterson 1964

Sister taxa: Aipichthyidae, Aipichthyoididae, Lampriformes, Pycnosteroididae

Subtaxa: Pharmacichthys

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections), Palestine (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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