Family of fishes
Gonorynchidae is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Gonorynchiformes , which has a number of fossil taxa and one extant genus, Gonorynchus beaked salmons . They are an ancient group, with fossils known from as far back as the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous .[ 3]
The following genera are known:[ 3]
An indeterminate gonorynchid (previously classified in Charitosomus ) is known from fossil remains from the late Albian or early-mid Cenomanian Kwango Group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .[ 3]
References
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