Scalacurvichthys Cawley and Kriwet 2018 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Full reference: J. J. Cawley and J. Kriwet. 2018. A new pycnodont fish, Scalacurvichthys naishi gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous of Israel. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(8):659-673

Parent taxon: Pycnodontinae according to J. J. Cawley and J. Kriwet 2018

Sister taxa: Polazzodus, Tepexichthys

Subtaxa: Scalacurvichthys naishi

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Type: Scalacurvichthys naishi

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Beit El (Cretaceous of Palestinian Territory)

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