Actinopteri - Tselfatiiformes - Plethodidae
Full reference: T. El Hossny, L. Cavin, U. Kaplan, A. H. Schwermann, E. Samankassou and M. Friedman. 2023. The first articulated skeletons of enigmatic Late Cretaceous billfish-like actinopterygians. Royal Society Open Science 10(231296)
Parent taxon: Plethodidae according to T. El Hossny et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Bananogmius, Dixonanogmius, Niobrara, Paranogmius, Pentanogmius, Plethodus, Tselfatia, Zanclites, Moorevillia
Subtaxa: Protosphyraena minor Protosphyraena stebbingi Rhamphoichthys taxidiotis
Type: Rhamphoichthys taxidiotis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), Italy (1), Lebanon (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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