†family Prionolepididae Goody 1969 (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Salmoniformes - Prionolepididae
Full reference: P. C. Goody. 1969. The relationships of certain Upper Cretaceous teleosts with special reference to the Myctophoids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement 7:1-255
Parent taxon: Cimolichthyoidei according to P. C. Goody 1969
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Cimolichthyidae
Subtaxa: Prionolepis
Type: Prionolepis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence