Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1834. Abgerissene Bemerkungen über fossile Fische. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1834:379-390
Parent taxon: Dercetidae according to J. Alvarado-Ortega and J. A. Díaz-Cruz 2021
See also Argyriou 2022, Casier 1965, Goody 1969, Sepkoski 2002, Woodward 1901 and Woodward 1903
Sister taxa: Anguillavus hackberryensis, Apuliadercetis, Benthesikyme, Brazilodercetis, Candelarhynchus, Caudadercetis, Cyranichthys, Dercetis latiscutatus, Dercetis maximus, Dercetis reussi, Dercetoides, Hastichthys, Kwangodercetis, Leccedercetis, Nardodercetis, Ophidercetis, Paradercetis, Pelargorhynchus, Rhynchodercetis, Scandiadercetis, Stratodus
Subtaxa: Dercetis elongatus Dercetis magnificus Dercetis scutatus Dercetis triqueter
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (3: Alberta), Germany (1), Jordan (1), Lebanon (1), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences
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