†family Cimolichthyidae Goody 1969 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Salmoniformes - Cimolichthyidae
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 Goody 1970
Sister taxon: Prionolepididae
Subtaxa: Cimolichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Canada (6: Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories), Germany (1), the Netherlands (2), Niger (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Alabama, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence