Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae

Full reference: G. Arratia and H. P. Schultze. 2024. The oldest teleosts (Teleosteomorpha): their early taxonomic, phenotypic, and ecological diversification during the Triassic. Fossil Record 27:29-53

Parent taxon: Pholidophoridae according to G. Arratia and H. P. Schultze 2024

Sister taxa: Annaichthys, Archaeomaene, Ceneichthys, Ceramurus, Eopholidophorus, Knerichthys, Lombardichthys, Malingichthys, Neopholidophoropsis, Parapholidophorus, Pholidoctenus, Pholidolepis, Pholidophoretes, Pholidophorinae, Pholidophoroides, Pholidophoropsis, Pholidophorus, Zambellichthys

Subtaxa: Pseudopholidoctenus germanicus

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Type: Pseudopholidoctenus germanicus

Ecology: suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Rüdersdorf, near Berlin: Orbicularis beds (Triassic of Germany)

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