Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes

Full reference: L. Taverne and B. Chanet. 2000. Faugichthys loryi n. gen., n. sp. (Teleostei, Ichthyodectiformes) de l'Albien terminal (Cretace inferieur marin) du vallon de la Fauge (Isere, France) et considerations sur la phylogenie des Ichthyodectidae. Geodiversitas 22(1):23-34

Parent taxon: Ichthyodectiformes according to L. Cavin et al. 2013

See also Taverne and Chanet 2000

Sister taxa: Aidachar, Allothrissopidae, Allothrissops, Antarctithrissops, Ascalabothrissops, Chuhsiungichthiidae, Chuhsiungichthys, Cladocyclidae, Cooyoo, Garganoichthys, Heckelichthys, Ichthyodectidae, Ichthyodectoidei, Mesoclupea, Occithrissops, Ogunichthys, Pachythrissops, Proportheus, Saurodontidae, Sultanuvaisia, Thrissops, Unamichthys, Vallecillichthys

Subtaxa: Faugichthys loryi

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Type: Faugichthys loryi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fauge Dale, Villard-de-Lans, Isere (Cretaceous of France)

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