Sillago Cuvier 1817 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Sillaginidae

Parent taxon: Sillaginidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019

See also Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 1985, Schwarzhans et al. 2017, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1984 and Stinton 1957

Sister taxa: Sillaginidarum, Sillaginodes

Subtaxa: Sillago campbellensis Sillago ciliata Sillago maxwelli Sillago mckayi Sillago pliocaenica Sillago recta Sillago schwarzhansi Sillago ventriosus

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Haweran of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Australia (2)

• Miocene of Australia (7), France (1), New Zealand (6)

• Oligocene of Australia (4), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (2)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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