Osteichthyes - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 263468

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636

Belongs to Ichthyodectes according to L. Cavin et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Ichthyodectes acanthicus, Ichthyodectes anaides, Ichthyodectes arcuatus, Ichthyodectes cruentus, Ichthyodectes ctenodon, Ichthyodectes elegans, Ichthyodectes goodeanus, Ichthyodectes hamatus, Ichthyodectes libanicus, Ichthyodectes minor, Ichthyodectes multidentatus, Ichthyodectes parvus, Ichthyodectes perniciosus, Ichthyodectes prognathus

Type specimen: BMNH 49054, a skull

Ecology: nektonic carnivore