Ramallichthys Gayet 1982 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Gonorhynchiformes - Gonorhynchidae

Full reference: M. Gayet. 1982. Cypriniforme ou Gonorhynchiforme? Ramallichthys, nouveau genre du Cénomanien inférieur de Ramallah (Monts de Judée). Comptes Rendus des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. Série II: Mecanique, Physique, Chimie, Sciences de l'Univers, Sciences de la Terre 295:405-407

Parent taxon: Gonorhynchidae according to L. Grande and T. Grande 2008

See also Grande 1996 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Charitopsis, Charitosomus, Hakeliosomus, Judeichthys, Notogoneus, Sapperichthys

Subtaxa: Ramallichthys orientalis

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Type: Ramallichthys orientalis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 'Ein Yabrud quarries (Cretaceous of Palestinian Territory)

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