†family Armigatidae Murray and Wilson 2013 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Ellimmichthyiformes - Armigatidae

Parent taxon: Ellimmichthyiformes according to G. Marramà and G. Carnevale 2023

See also Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2020, Murray et al. 2016 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Armigatoidei, Codoichthys, Ellimichthyoidei, Guiclupea, Horseshoeichthys, Paraclupeidae, Sorbinichthyidae, Sorbinichthyoidei

Subtaxa: Armigatus Diplomystus

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Type: Armigatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (6: Wyoming collections)

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), Croatia (2), Equatorial Guinea (1), Italy (3), Japan (3), Lebanon (4), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Utah)

Total: 27 collections including 34 occurrences

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