Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes
Full reference: A. M. Murray, D. K. Zelenitsky, D. B. Brinkman and A. G. Neuman. 2018. Two new Palaeocene osteoglossomorphs from Canada, with a reassessment of the relationships of the genus †Joffrichthys, and analysis of diversity from articulated versus microfossil material. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1-8
Parent taxon: Osteoglossiformes according to A. M. Murray et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Arapaimidae, Foreyichthyidae, Gymnarchidae, Lycopteridae, Monopteros, Mormyridae, Notopteridae, Opsithrissops, Osteoglossidae, Osteoglossoidei, Saurocephalidae, Tongxinichthys, Wakinoichthiidae, Wilsonichthys, Xixiaichthys
Subtaxa: Lopadichthys colwellae
Type: Lopadichthys colwellae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (3: Alberta collections)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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