Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii

Full reference: J. Alvarado-Ortega and B. A. Than-Marchese. 2013. The first record of a North American Cenomanian Trachichthyidae fish (Acanthomorpha, Acanthopterygii), Pepemkay maya, gen. et sp. nov., from El Chango Quarry (Sierra Madre Formation), Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(1):48-57

Parent taxon: Acanthopterygii according to K. M. Cantalice et al. 2021

See also Alvarado-Ortega and Than-Marchese 2013

Sister taxa: Aulostomi, Berycida, Berycimorphaceae, Caprosimilis, Cataphracti, Cetomimiformes, Choichix, Euacanthopterygii, Gigapteryx, Holconoti, Holocentrimorphaceae, Hypostomides, Labyrinthici, Percomorpha, Percomorphaceae, Thoracostei, Xenoberyces

Subtaxa: Pepemkay maya

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Ecology:

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

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