†family Vorhisiidae Frizzell 1965 (catfish)

Osteichthyes - Siluriformes - Vorhisiidae

Parent taxon: Siluriformes according to R. van der Laan 2019

Sister taxa: Andinichthyidae, Bachmanniidae, Callitrichtyidae, Cetopsoidei, Diplomystoidei, Doradidae, Eopeyeria, Hypsidoroidei, Loricarioidei, Selenaspis, Siluroidei

Subtaxa: Vorhisia

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Type: Vorhisia

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (13: Maryland, North Dakota collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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