Pelecorapis Cope 1874 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Mugiliformes - Mugilidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1874. Review of the Vertebrata of the Cretaceous Period found west of the Mississippi River. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, First Series 2:3-48

Parent taxon: Mugilidae according to O. P. Hay 1902

See also Cope 1874

Sister taxa: Aldrichetta, Chelon, Liza, Mugil, Mugilidarum, Syllaemus

Subtaxa: Pelecorapis berycinus Pelecorapis varius

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Type: Pelecorapis varius

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at 2 miles west of Sibley (Cretaceous of Kansas)

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