Neopholidophoropsis Taverne 1981 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae

Full reference: L. Taverne. 1981. Les Actinoptérygiens de l'Aptien inférieur (Töck) d'Helgoland. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 51:43-82

Parent taxon: Pholidophoridae according to L. Taverne 1981

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Annaichthys, Archaeomaene, Ceneichthys, Ceramurus, Eopholidophorus, Knerichthys, Lombardichthys, Malingichthys, Parapholidophorus, Pholidoctenus, Pholidolepis, Pholidophoretes, Pholidophorinae, Pholidophoroides, Pholidophoropsis, Pholidophorus, Pseudopholidoctenus, Zambellichthys

Subtaxa: Neopholidophoropsis serrata

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Type: Neopholidophoropsis serrata

Ecology: suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at North coast of Helgoland-Düne (Stühmer collection) (Cretaceous of Germany)

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