Pachycormiformes

Pachycormiformes is an extinct order of marine ray-finned fish. They lived in the the early Jurassic period to the end of the Cretaceous. It only includes a single family, the Pachycormidae.

Relationships

Pachycormiformes were probably members of the Teleosteomorpha. This was a group which includes all fish more closely related to modern teleosts than to Holostei. This is a group which includes the bowfin and gars.

References
  1. van der Laan, R. (2018). "Family-group names of fossil fishes". European Journal of Taxonomy (466). doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.466


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