| Ichthyotringidae Temporal range: | |
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| Ichthyotringa ferox | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Superfamily: | † Ichthyotringoidea |
| Family: | † Ichthyotringidae Jordan, 1905 |
| Genera | |
Ichthyotringidae is an extinct family of aulopiform ray-finned fish known from the Early to Late Cretaceous. [1] It is one of the Enchodontoidei, a diverse group of aulopiforms that were dominant marine fish during the Cretaceous. [2]
The following genera are known: [2] [3] [4]
The earliest records of ichthyotringids are indeterminate otoliths from the Barremian Kimigahama Formation of Japan. [6]