†family Palaeolabridae Estes 1969 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Teleosteomorpha - Palaeolabridae

Full reference: R. Estes. 1969. Two new Late Cretaceous fishes from Montana and Wyoming. Breviora 335:1-15

Parent taxon: Teleosteomorpha according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Bryant 1989 and Estes 1969

Sister taxa: Acanthopterygii, Aspidorhynchei, Barschichthyidae, Lampripterygii, Marcopoloichthyidae, Paracanthopterygii, Polymixiipterygii, Pseudoberycidae, Ruedersdorfia, Teleostei

Subtaxa: Palaeolabrus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (1: Montana collection)

• Cretaceous of France (1), India (2), Spain (1), United States (3: Arizona, Montana)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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