†family Eurypholidae Goody 1969 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Eurypholidae

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: Enchodontoidei according to P. L. Forey et al. 2003

See also Chalifa 1985 and Goody 1969

Sister taxa: Anotopteridae, Chauliodontidae, Gonostomidae, Idiacanthidae, Maurolicidae, Serrilepidae, Serrilepis, Spinascutichthys, Stylophthalmidae, Tomognathidae, Yabrudichthys

Subtaxa: Eurypholis Saurorhamphus

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Type: Eurypholis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Greece (1 collection), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Lebanon (7), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), Palestinian Territory (1), the United Kingdom (2), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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