Zoqueichthys Alvarado-Ortega and Than-Marchese 2012 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Aipichthyoididae

Full reference: J. Alvarado-Ortega and B. A. Than-Marchese. 2012. A Cenomanian aipichthyoid fish (Teleostei, Acanthomorpha) from America, Zoqueichthys carolinae gen. and sp. nov. from El Chango quarry (Cintalapa Member, Sierra Madre Formation), Chiapas, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 29(3):735-748

Parent taxon: Aipichthyoididae according to J. Alvarado-Ortega and B. A. Than-Marchese 2012

Sister taxon: Aipichthyoides

Subtaxa: Zoqueichthys carolinae

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at El Chango Quarry (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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