†order Aspidorhynchiformes Bleeker 1859 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes

Parent taxon: Teleosteomorpha according to G. Arratia 2017

See also Arratia 2015, Arratia et al. 2004, Bogan et al. 2011, Estes 1964, Long 2011, Nelson et al. 2016 and Peng et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Aspidorhynchei, Barschichthyidae, Marcopoloichthyidae, Prohaleciteiformes, Ruedersdorfia, Teleostei

Subtaxa: Aspidorhynchidae Atacamichthys Pseudovinctifer

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (1: North Dakota collection)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (19), Australia (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (10), Canada (44: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), Croatia (2), France (1), Germany (2), India (4), Italy (5), Lebanon (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (37: Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (5), Venezuela (1)

• Jurassic of Antarctica (3), France (3), Germany (3), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 155 collections including 161 occurrences

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