Erichalcis Forey 1975 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Teleostei

Full reference: P. L. Forey. 1975. A fossil clupeomorph fish from the Albian of the Northwest Territories of Canada, with notes on cladistic relationships of clupeomorphs. Journal of Zoology 175:151-177

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

See also Forey 1975 and Hermus et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Erichalcidae, Lepidogalaxii, Neoteleostei, Protacanthopterygii, Stomiati, Xeneichthyidae

Subtaxa: Erichalcis arcta Erichalcis conspicua

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Type: Erichalcis arcta

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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