Unicachichthys Díaz-Cruz et al. 2016 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae

Full reference: J. A. Díaz-Cruz, J. Alvarado-Ortega, and G. Carbot-Chanona. 2016. The Cenomanian short snout enchodontid fishes (Aulopifomes, Enchodontidae) from Sierra Madre Formation, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico. Cretaceous Research 61:136-150

Parent taxon: Enchodontidae according to J. A. Díaz-Cruz et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Calypsoichthys, Enchodus, Eurypholinae, Leptecodon, Palaeolycus, Pantopholis, Parenchodus, Rharbichthys, Veridagon

Subtaxa: Unicachichthys multidentata

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Type: Unicachichthys multidentata

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at El Chango Quarry (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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