†family Cretatriacanthidae Tyler and Sorbini 1996 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Cretatriacanthidae

Full reference: J. C. Tyler and L. Sorbini. 1996. New superfamily and three new families of tetraodontiform fishes from the Upper Cretaceous: The earliest and most morphologically primitive plectognaths. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 82:1-59

Parent taxon: Plectocretacicoidea according to F. Santini and J. C. Tyler 2003

See also Tyler and Sorbini 1996

Sister taxa: Plectocretacicidae, Protriacanthidae

Subtaxa: Cretatriacanthus Slovenitriacanthus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Italy (1 collection), Slovenia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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