Carapus Rafinesque 1810 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Carapidae

Parent taxon: Carapidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2007

See also Frizzell and Dante 1965, Girone et al. 2006, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Schwarzhans 1978, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 1985, Schwarzhans 2019, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1979, Steurbaut 1984 and Stringer 1998

Sister taxa: Carapinae, Echiodon, Encheliophis, Eurypleuron, Fierasferoides, Jordanicus, Onuxodon

Subtaxa: Carapus acus Carapus alleni Carapus lisus Carapus nuntius Carapus praecursor Carapus smithvillensis

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (3 collections), Italy (3), United States (1: Louisiana)

• Pliocene of Greece (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1)

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (3), France (1), Germany (1), Italy (3), New Zealand (18)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (10)

• Oligocene to Miocene of New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (3), New Zealand (5)

• Eocene of France (3), Germany (1), United States (3: Texas)

Total: 62 collections including 68 occurrences

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