†Pelecorapis Cope 1874 (ray-finned fish)
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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
Type: Pelecorapis varius
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at 2 miles west of Sibley (Cretaceous of Kansas)
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