Family Odontobutidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Gobiiformes - Odontobutidae
Parent taxon: Gobiiformes according to Y. Yabumoto and C. Zhang 2023
See also Betancur et al. 2013 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Eleotroidei, Gobiidae, Milyeringidae, Odontobutoidei, Oxudercidae, Rhyacichthyidae
Subtaxa: Micropercops Odontobutidarum Odontobutis
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence