Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae

Full reference: V. Gallo and F. De Figueiredo. 2003. Farinichthys gigas, a new Albulid fish (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) from the Paleocene of the Pernambuco-Paraiba Basin, northeastern Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(4):747-758

Parent taxon: Albulidae according to V. Gallo and F. De Figueiredo 2003

Sister taxa: Albulidarum, Albulinae, Ancylostylos, Anogmius, Coriops, Cretalbula, Deltaichthys, Greenwoodella, Italoalbula, Lebonichthys, Metalbula, Prochanos, Pterothrissinae, Pterothrissus, Syntegmodus, Pollerspoeckia, Pteralbula

Subtaxa: Farinichthys gigas

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Type: Farinichthys gigas

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Poty Quarry locality, near Recife (Paleocene of Brazil)

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