Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Lophiidae
Alternative spelling: Otolithus (Lophius)
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Lophiidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Agassiz 1835, Arambourg 1927, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Purdy et al. 2001, Schultz 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Caruso, Emmachaere, Eosladenia, Lophiodes, Lophiomus, Sharfia, Sladenia
Subtaxa: Lophius alveolus Lophius americanus Lophius brachysomus Lophius budegassa Lophius dolloi Lophius onokensis Lophius orpiensis Lophius piscatorius
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: Maine, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (2), New Zealand (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Austria (1), Belgium (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (4)
• Eocene of Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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