Osteichthyes - Lampridiformes - Lamprididae

Full reference: M. D. Gottfried, R. E. Fordyce, and S. Rust. 2006. Megalampris keyesi, a Giant Moonfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes) from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand. 26(3):544-551

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

See also Gottfried et al. 2006 and Robinson et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Eolophotes, Pegasus volans, Protolophotus, Regalecidae, Trachipteridae, Trachipteroidei, Veliferoidei

Subtaxa: Megalampris

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Island Cliff Site (Oligocene of New Zealand)

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