Spinocaudichthys Filleul and Dutheil 2001 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata

Full reference: A. Filleul and D. B. Dutheil. 2001. Spinocaudichthys Oumtkoutensis, a Freshwater Acanthomorph from the Cenomanian of Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(4):774-780

Parent taxon: Acanthomorpha according to A. Filleul and D. B. Dutheil 2001

Sister taxa: Aipichthyoidea, Dalgoichthys, Euacanthomorphacea, Ferrifronsidae, Lampridacea, Omosomopsis, Oncolepis, Paracanthomorphacea, Polymixiacea, Polymixiiformes, Protriacanthus, Pseudotetrapterus, Xiphopterus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at 10 km south of Tafraout (Cretaceous of Morocco)

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