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Suborder Ceratioidei (anglerfish)

Actinopteri - Lophiiformes

Parent taxon: Lophiiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Carnevale et al. 2008, Carnevale and Pietsch 2009, Fierstine et al. 2012, Pietsch and Lavenberg 1980 and Schultz 2006

Sister taxa: Antennarioidei, Brachionichthyidae, Caulophrynidae, Centrophrynidae, Chaunacoidei, Diceratiidae, Linophrynidae, Lophichthyidae, Lophiidae, Lophioidei, Neoceratiidae, Ogcocephaloidei, Ogcocephalus, Tetrabrachiidae, Thaumatichthyidae

Subtaxa: Ceratiidae Gigantactinidae Himantolophidae Leptacanthichthys Melanocetidae Oneirodidae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (1: California)

Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences

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