†family Scutatuspinosidae Santos and CorrĂ©a 1985 (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes - Scutatuspinosidae
Alternative spelling: Scutatuspinosinae
Parent taxon: Ellimmichthyiformes according to O. Vernygora et al. 2016
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Armigatidae, Armigatoidei, Codoichthys, Ellimmichthyidae, Ellimmichthyoidei, Guiclupea, Horseshoeichthys, Paraclupeidae, Scutatuspinosus, Sorbinichthyidae, Sorbinichthyoidei
Subtaxa: Foreyclupea
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hay River (Cretaceous of Northwest Territories)