Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Sphyraenidae
Belongs to Sphyraena according to E. Casier 1966
See also Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Sphyraena amici, Sphyraena argentea, Sphyraena barracuda, Sphyraena bolcensis, Sphyraena crassidens, Sphyraena croatica, Sphyraena cunhai, Sphyraena egleri, Sphyraena fajumensis, Sphyraena hansfuchsi, Sphyraena intermedia, Sphyraena kugleri, Sphyraena longimana, Sphyraena lugardi, Sphyraena major, Sphyraena malembeensis, Sphyraena muelleri, Sphyraena novaehollandiae, Sphyraena pannonica, Sphyraena senni, Sphyraena sternbergensis, Sphyraena striata, Sphyraena substriata, Sphyraena suessi, Sphyraena tyrolensis, Sphyraena viannai, Sphyraena viennensis, Sphyraena weberi, Sphyraena winkleri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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