Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1871. [A brief account of the expedition of seventeen days, which I have just made in the valley of the Smoky Hill river in Kansas]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12(86):174-176
Parent taxon: Ichthyodectidae according to W. Weiler 1935
See also Cione and Cozzuol 1990, Hay 1902 and Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Faugichthys, Furloichthys, Ghrisichthys, Ichthyodectes, Xiphactinus
Subtaxa: Portheus daviesi Portheus gaultinus Portheus jaxarticus Portheus mantelli
Type: Portheus molossus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1 collection), Tajikistan (1), United States (2: North Carolina, Wyoming)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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