ammonites
†family Semionotidae Woodward 1890 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes

Synonym: Semionotus serratus Fraas 1861 [nomen dubium]

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1890. The fossil fishes of the Hawkesbury Series at Gosford. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales. Palaeontology 4:1-57

Parent taxon: Semionotiformes according to A. López-Arbarello 2012

Sister taxa: Alleiolepis, Allelepidotus, Aphelolepis, Austrolepidotus, Callipurbeckiidae, Callopteus, Corunegenys, Dapediidae, Enigmatichthys, Heterostrophus, Luoxiongichthys, Macrosemiidae, Orthurus, Pericentrophorus, Plesiolepidotus, Prionopleurus, Sangiorgioichthys, Semionotoidei, Serrolepis, Sinosemionotus, Sphathiurus

Subtaxa: Acentrophorus, Aetheolepis, Aphnelepis, Archaeolepidotus, Archaeosemionotus, Asialepidotus, Cleithrolepis, Colobodus, Dandya, Eosemionotus, Hemicalypterus, Pristisomus, Sargodon, Semionotus, Tetragonolepis, Tianfuichthys

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore