†Pliodetes Wenz 1999 (gar)
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Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Full reference: S. Wenz. 1999. Pliodetes nigeriensis, gen. nov. et. sp. nov., a new semionotid fish from the Lower Cretaceous of Gadoufaoua (Niger Republic): phylogenetic comments. Mesozoic Fishes 2—Systematics and Fossil Record 107-120
Parent taxon: Lepisosteioidei according to A. López-Arbarello 2012
See also Nelson et al. 2016 and Wenz 1999
Sister taxa: Araripelepidotes, Lepisosteoidea
Subtaxa: Pliodetes nigeriensis
Type: Pliodetes nigeriensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Niveau des Innocents, Gadoufaoua (Cretaceous of Niger)
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