Family Lotidae Bonaparte 1842 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Lotidae

Alternative spelling: Lotinae

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

See also Schwarzhans 2003 and Steurbaut 1984

Sister taxa: Bregmacerotidae, Gadidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae, Phycidae

Subtaxa: Gadomorpholithus Molva Phycis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Italy (4)

• Pliocene of Italy (1)

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Germany (2), Italy (3)

• Oligocene of Germany (1), Hungary (1)

• Eocene of Germany (1)

• Paleocene of Denmark (4), Greenland (1)

Total: 23 collections including 27 occurrences

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