Family Phycidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Phycidae
Parent taxon: Gadoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011
Sister taxa: Bregmacerotidae, Gadidae, Lotidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae
Subtaxa: Palaeomorrhua Protobrotula Symmetrosulcus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of United States (16: Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Greenland (1)
Total: 20 collections including 24 occurrences